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.[2]
| West African pied hornbill | |
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| Male L. semifasciatus, Ghana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Bucerotiformes |
| Family: | Bucerotidae |
| Genus: | Lophoceros |
| Species: | L. semifasciatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Lophoceros semifasciatus (Hartlaub, 1855)
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| Range of Congo and West Africa pied hornbill | |
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,[citation needed] and is threatened by forest fragmentation.[3] It was previously considered conspecific with the Congo pied hornbill, and was split in IOC 13.2.[2]
It is a frugivore.[4]
References edit
- ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Lophoceros semifasciatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T61612971A118859362. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T61612971A118859362.en. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
- ^ a b Gill, F; Donsker, D; Rasmussen, P, eds. (2023). IOC World Bird List (v 13.2). doi:10.14344/IOC.ML.13.2 (inactive 31 January 2024).
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of January 2024 (link) - ^ 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. doi:10.1186/s40657-021-00303-3. PMC 8628822. PMID 34868606.
- ^ 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. doi:10.1017/s0266467422000062. hdl:10451/52086. ISSN 0266-4674. S2CID 199414721.
Further reading edit
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- Birds of The Gambia by Barlow, Wacher and Disley, ISBN 1-873403-32-1
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