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Damara Hornbill or intermediate form

Damara Hornbill or intermediate form - Adult

Photographer

» Werner Suter

Location

» Hobatere Lodge

Country image taken

» Namibia

Date

» September, 2008

Equipment

» Canon Eos 40D + EF 400 mm 1:4 DO IS USM

Bird Species

»Tockus damarensis - Damara Red-billed Hornbill

Bird Species (French)

»Calao de Namibie

Bird Family

»Bucerotidae - Hornbills

Bird Group

»Bucerotiformes Hornbills, Hoopoes, Wood Hoopoes, Scimitarbills

Bird Status

» Least Concern

Remarks

» dark eye but also some dark on cheeks and neck: the birds in this area may be intermediate between the now split T. damarensis and T. e. rufirostris; see also pics no. 14, 28-30. Any comments? Ursula Franke has commented that this may be a hybrid of T.damarensis and T.rufirostris - see reference Delport et al (2004) Structure of an African Red-billed Hornbill (Tockus erythrorhynchus rufirostris and T.e.damarensis) hybrid zone as revealed by morphology, behavior and breeding biology. The Auk 121(2) pp 565-586.

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