Silvery-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes brevis

Silvery-cheeked Hornbill
Silvery-cheeked Hornbill male
Silvery-cheeked Hornbill male
The Silvery-cheeked Hornbill is native to the eastern part of sub-Saharan Africa. Both male and female have mainly black iridescent plumage with a white back, thighs and under tail ends, a silvery-grey wash to the face and an ivory-coloured casque (horn above bill).
Silvery-cheeked Hornbill female
Silvery-cheeked Hornbill
Silvery-cheeked Hornbill female
The female (above centre and right) has red skin around her eyes. Although the casque on both (and other hornbills) looks as if it is broken, it isn't - it is how the casque grows.
Silvery-cheeked Hornbill eating
Silvery-cheeked Hornbill male
Silvery-cheeked Hornbill
The casque and the iridescent greeny-black plumage with green metallic sheen. The method of eating involves picking up the morsel (small fruit, seed, insect) with the tip of the enormous bill and tipping the head back.
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Other Black and White "Bycanistes" Hornbills

Black and white casqued hornbill BLACK and WHITE CASQUED HORNBILL, Bycanistes subcylindricus, is native to central and West Africa. Also called the Grey-cheeked Hornbill, it is related to the Silvery-cheeked but has a white lower body and wings.
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