- Brown-cheeked Hornbill
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Brown-cheeked Hornbill Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Coraciiformes Family: Bucerotidae Genus: Bycanistes Species: B. cylindricus Binomial name Bycanistes cylindricus
(Temminck, 1824)Synonyms Ceratogymna cylindricus (Temminck, 1824)
The Brown-cheeked Hornbill (Bycanistes cylindricus) is a species of hornbill in the Bucerotidae family. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Togo. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, plantations , and heavily degraded former forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Source
- BirdLife International 2004. Bycanistes cylindricus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007.
Categories:- IUCN Red List near threatened species
- Bycanistes
- Animals described in 1824
- Coraciiformes stubs
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