| Congo pied hornbill | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Bucerotiformes |
| Family: | Bucerotidae |
| Genus: | Lophoceros |
| Species: | L. fasciatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Lophoceros fasciatus (Shaw, 1812)
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| Range of Congo and West Africa pied hornbill | |
| Synonyms | |
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Tockus fasciatus | |
The Congo pied hornbill (Lophoceros fasciatus) or African pied hornbill is a bird of the hornbill family, a family of tropical near-passerine birds found in the Old World.[2]
The Congo pied hornbill is a common resident breeder in much of equatorial Africa, from The Gambia to western Uganda and northern Angola. This is a bird of mainly forest habitats. The female lays up to four white eggs in a tree hole, which is blocked off during incubation with a cement made of mud, droppings and fruit pulp. There is only one narrow aperture, just big enough for the male to transfer food to the mother and the chicks.
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Lophoceros fasciatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T61612961A95171708. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T61612961A95171708.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Gill, F; Donsker, D; Rasmussen, P, eds. (2023). IOC World Bird List (v 13.2). doi:10.14344/IOC.ML.13.2.