Monteiro's hornbill
Tockus monteiri
Hornbills
(Bucerotidae)
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Large curved red beak, white belly and black back with white dots.♀ has round the eye green blue coloured bare skin, she is smaller than the ♂. Very noisy birds. ♀ hatches in a tree cavity that is closed of with mud to protect against predators, with only a small hole for food and excrement. Only feeds on insects and invertebrates. ⇔ l. 54-58 cm
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1 LookAlikes (LA):
Southern yellow-billed hornbill
Monteiro's hornbill
Monteiro's tok
Monteiro-Toko
Calao de Monteiro
Bucero di Monteiro
Toco angoleño
alau de Monteiro
ТокоМонтейра
蒙氏弯嘴犀鸟
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