Silvery-cheeked Hornbill

The silvery-cheeked hornbill (Bycanistes brevis) is a large species of hornbill found in Africa. Silvery-cheeked hornbills are residents of the tall evergreen forests of East Africa from Ethiopia to South Africa. In Zimbabwe it is threatened by habitat destruction and its presence in South Africa is marginal, but it remains locally fairly common, especially in the northern and central parts of its range.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Silvery-cheeked Hornbill being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

• Bycanistes subcylindricus
• Bycanistes albotibialis
• Bycanistes fistulator
• Bycanistes bucinator
• Anthracoceros malayanus
• Ceratogymna atrata

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Aves

Order

Bucerotiformes

Family

Bucerotidae

Genus

Bycanistes

Species

Bycanistes brevis

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