Trumpeter Hornbill
EEP (EAZA Ex-situ Programme)
Trumpeter Hornbill occurs in southern Africa (Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Congo, Eswatini, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Republic of South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe). The numbers are currently decreasing. Major threat is habitat destruction.
Conservation
■ The species is managed under the EEP (EAZA Ex-situ Programme).
Taxonomy
■ Phylum Chordata – chordates
■ Class Aves – birds
■ Order Bucerotiformes – hornbills, hoopoes and wood hoopoes
■ Family Bucerotidae – hornbills
■ Species Bycanistes bucinator – Trumpeter Hornbill
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