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Eastern yellow-billed hornbill

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Eastern yellow-billed hornbill
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Bucerotiformes
Family: Bucerotidae
Genus: Tockus
Species:
T. flavirostris
Binomial name
Tockus flavirostris
(Rüppell, 1835)
     approximate distribution

The Eastern yellow-billed hornbill (Tockus flavirostris), also known as the northern yellow-billed hornbill,[1] is a species of hornbill in the family Bucerotidae. It is found in Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. It resembles the southern yellow-billed hornbill, but has blackish (not pinkish) skin around the eyes.

References

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  1. ^ a b BirdLife International (2016). "Tockus flavirostris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22682379A92942633. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22682379A92942633.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.