Hornbills

Hornbills are birds found in tropical and subtropical Africa, Asia and Melanesia of the family Bucerotidae. They are characterized by a long, down-curved bill which is frequently brightly coloured and sometimes has a horny casque on the upper mandible. Hornbills have a two-lobed kidney.

Species in this family

• Rufous-necked Hornbill Aceros nipalensis
• Brown Hornbill Anorrhinus austeni
• Bushy-crested Hornbill Anorrhinus galeritus
• Rusty-cheeked Hornbill Anorrhinus tickelli
• Oriental Pied-Hornbill Anthracoceros albirostris
• Malabar Pied-Hornbill Anthracoceros coronatus
• Black Hornbill Anthracoceros malayanus
• Palawan Hornbill Anthracoceros marchei
• Sulu Hornbill Anthracoceros montani
• White-crowned Hornbill Berenicornis comatus
• Great Hornbill Buceros bicornis
• Rufous Hornbill Buceros hydrocorax
• Rhinoceros Hornbill Buceros rhinoceros
• Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus
• Southern Ground-Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
• White-thighed Hornbill Bycanistes albotibialis
• Silvery-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes brevis
• Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
• Brown-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes cylindricus
• Piping Hornbill Bycanistes fistulator
• Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill Bycanistes subcylindricus
• Black-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna atrata
• Yellow-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna elata
• Western Long-tailed Hornbill Horizocerus albocristatus
• Eastern Long-tailed Hornbill Horizocerus cassini
• Eastern Dwarf Hornbill Horizocerus granti
• Western Dwarf Hornbill Horizocerus hartlaubi
• Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
• Bradfield's Hornbill Lophoceros bradfieldi
• Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill Lophoceros camurus
• Congo Pied Hornbill Lophoceros fasciatus
• Hemprich's Hornbill Lophoceros hemprichii
• African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
• Pale-billed Hornbill Lophoceros pallidirostris
• West African Pied Hornbill Lophoceros semifasciatus
• Indian Grey Hornbill Ocyceros birostris
• Sri Lanka Grey Hornbill Ocyceros gingalensis
• Malabar Grey Hornbill Ocyceros griseus
• Mindanao Hornbill Penelopides affinis
• Luzon Hornbill Penelopides manillae
• Mindoro Hornbill Penelopides mindorensis
• Visayan Hornbill Penelopides panini
• Samar Hornbill Penelopides samarensis
• Wrinkled Hornbill Rhabdotorrhinus corrugatus
• Sulawesi Hornbill Rhabdotorrhinus exarhatus
• Writhed Hornbill Rhabdotorrhinus leucocephalus
• Writhe-billed Hornbill Rhabdotorrhinus waldeni
• Helmeted Hornbill Rhinoplax vigil
• Knobbed Hornbill Rhyticeros cassidix
• Sumba Hornbill Rhyticeros everetti
• Narcondam Hornbill Rhyticeros narcondami
• Blyth's Hornbill Rhyticeros plicatus
• Plain-pouched Hornbill Rhyticeros subruficollis
• Wreathed Hornbill Rhyticeros undulatus
• Damara Red-billed Hornbill Tockus damarensis
• Von der Decken's Hornbill Tockus deckeni
• Northern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
• Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus flavirostris
• Jackson's Hornbill Tockus jacksoni
• Western Red-billed Hornbill Tockus kempi
• Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
• Monteiro's Hornbill Tockus monteiri
• Tanzanian Red-billed Hornbill Tockus ruahae
• Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris

Lookalikes compared

• African Grey Hornbill vs Southern Red-billed Hornbill
• African Grey Hornbill vs Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill
• Bradfield's Hornbill vs African Grey Hornbill
• Bradfield's Hornbill vs Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill
• Bushy-crested Hornbill vs Black Hornbill
• Bushy-crested Hornbill vs Brown Hornbill
• Crowned Hornbill vs Bradfield's Hornbill
• Crowned Hornbill vs Southern Red-billed Hornbill
• Crowned Hornbill vs Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill
• Eastern Long-tailed Hornbill vs Eastern Dwarf Hornbill
• Great Hornbill vs Indian Grey Hornbill
• Helmeted Hornbill vs Rhinoceros Hornbill
• Monteiro's Hornbill vs Southern Red-billed Hornbill
• Pale-billed Hornbill vs Silvery-cheeked Hornbill
• Pale-billed Hornbill vs Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill
• Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill vs African Grey Hornbill
• Rhinoceros Hornbill vs Black Hornbill
• Southern Red-billed Hornbill vs Silvery-cheeked Hornbill
• Southern Red-billed Hornbill vs Trumpeter Hornbill
• Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill vs Silvery-cheeked Hornbill
• Trumpeter Hornbill vs Piping Hornbill
• White-crowned Hornbill vs Rhinoceros Hornbill
• White-thighed Hornbill vs Piping Hornbill
• White-thighed Hornbill vs Trumpeter Hornbill