Silvery Cheeked Hornbill

Photos copyright: AS/monacoeye • Serengeti • Oct 2009 • Do not copy without permission

Bird name: Silvery Cheeked Hornbill
Latin: Bycanistes brevis
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Family: Bucerotidae • Hornbills

Fantastic looking Silvery-cheeked Hornbills, seen here feeding at Lake Manyara in Tanzania, by André.

They have a huge cream-coloured casque on the bill (males’, above, is larger) dark plumage with a white stripe running down the back.

Below you can see how delicately they can hold a small fruit in that huge bill of theirs.