Jackson's Hornbill

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Jackson's Hornbill
Female in Kenya
Male in Kenya
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Bucerotidae
Genus: Tockus
Species: T. jacksoni
Binomial name
Tockus jacksoni
(Ogilvie-Grant, 1891)
Synonyms

Tockus deckeni jacksoni

The Jackson's Hornbill (Tockus jacksoni) is a species of hornbill in the Bucerotidae family. It is found in Kenya, Sudan, and Uganda. Except for the dense white spots to the wing-coverts, it resembles, and is often considered a subspecies of, Von der Decken's Hornbill.

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