Listen to the Silvery-cheeked hornbill
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About the Silvery-cheeked hornbill
The Silvery-cheeked hornbill is a bird in the family Bucerotidae (order Bucerotiformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults weigh around 1.3 kg.
What does the Silvery-cheeked hornbill sound like?
Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
The recordings here are labelled as call and song. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The silvery-cheeked hornbill (Bycanistes brevis) is a large species of hornbill found in Africa. Silvery-cheeked hornbills are residents of the tall evergreen forests of East Africa from Ethiopia to South Africa. In Zimbabwe it is threatened by habitat destruction and its presence in South Africa is marginal, but it remains locally fairly common, especially in the northern and central parts of its range.
Related birds in the genus Bycanistes
More from the family Bucerotidae
Great hornbill
Buceros bicornis
Oriental pied hornbill
Anthracoceros albirostris
Malabar grey hornbill
Ocyceros griseus
Malabar pied hornbill
Anthracoceros coronatus
African grey hornbill
Lophoceros nasutus
Black hornbill
Anthracoceros malayanus
Northern red-billed hornbill
Tockus erythrorhynchus
Black-casqued hornbill
Ceratogymna atrata
Frequently asked questions
What does a Silvery-cheeked hornbill sound like?
You can hear 2 recordings of the Silvery-cheeked hornbill on this page, including its call and song. Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
Is the Silvery-cheeked hornbill endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Silvery-cheeked hornbill as “least concern”.
What family does the Silvery-cheeked hornbill belong to?
The Silvery-cheeked hornbill (Bycanistes brevis) belongs to the family Bucerotidae in the order Bucerotiformes.
Sources & credits
- Call, song · Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya by Anne Ndung'u – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya by Anne Ndung'u – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q933174 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Silvery-cheeked hornbill – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Glen Bowman from Newcastle, England – CC BY 2.0