Western long-tailed hornbill

Western long-tailed hornbill
T. a. albocristatus at Central Park Zoo, USA
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Bucerotiformes
Family: Bucerotidae
Genus: Horizocerus
Species:
H. albocristatus
Binomial name
Horizocerus albocristatus
(Cassin, 1848)
Synonyms

Buceros albocristatus (protonym) Tockus albocristatus
Berenicornis albocristatus
Tropicranus albocristatus

The western long-tailed hornbill (Horizocerus albocristatus) is a species of hornbill (family Bucerotidae) found in humid forests of West Africa. It was formerly considered to be conspecific with the eastern long-tailed hornbill (Horizocerus cassini) with the English name "white-crested hornbill".

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Horizocerus albocristatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22725946A94907044. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22725946A94907044.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.