West African pied hornbill explained
The West African pied hornbill (Lophoceros semifasciatus) is a bird of the hornbill family, a family of tropical near-passerine birds found in the Old World.[1]
The West African pied hornbill is found in West Africa, from south Nigeria to Senegal and Gambia—primarily in secondary forest areas of the Guinean-Congolese forest, and is threatened by forest fragmentation.[2] It was previously considered conspecific with the Congo pied hornbill, and was split in IOC 13.2.[1]
It is a frugivore.[3]
Further reading
- Birds of The Gambia by Barlow, Wacher and Disley,
Notes and References
- Book: Gill . F . D . Donsker . P . Rasmussen . 2023 . IOC World Bird List (v 13.2) . 10.14344/IOC.ML.13.2 . 31 January 2024 .
- Mynott . Holly Isabelle . Lee . David Charles . Santillan . Rhea Aranas . Jürgen Schwarz . Christian . Tacud . Benjamin . Fernandez . Arcel Dryden . Kerhoas . Daphne . 2021-09-01 . Population assessment and habitat associations of the Visayan Hornbill Penelopides panini in Northwest Panay, Philippines . Avian Research. 12 . 1 . 67 . 10.1186/s40657-021-00303-3 . 34868606 . 8628822 . free .
- Chaves . Patrícia P. . Timóteo . Sérgio . Gomes . Sara . Rainho . Ana . 2022-03-25 . Response of avian and mammal seed dispersal networks to human-induced forest edges in a sub-humid tropical forest . Journal of Tropical Ecology . 38 . 4 . 199–209 . 10.1017/s0266467422000062 . 10451/52086 . 199414721 . 0266-4674. free .
