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Tockus camurus

Tockus camurus

The Tockus camurus, also known as the yellow-billed hornbill, is a colorful bird with a big, curved beak. These birds love to eat insects and fruits and can often be seen in pairs or small groups.

Lebensraum: Savannas

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The Tockus camurus is a small hornbill with a predominantly dark, glossy body and a white belly. It has a distinctive bright red-orange bill, which is uncasqued, making it stand out from other hornbills with larger head structures.

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Tockus camurus
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Tockus camurus

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

The male brings food to the female through a tiny slit while she's sealed in her nest!

Their unique call sounds like a series of soft, accelerating 'tok-tok-tok' notes echoing in the forest.

These little hornbills often forage in mixed-species flocks, seeking out food together with other birds!

They have special neck muscles that help them powerfully swing their big bills to catch food.

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Forest Acrobats

Tockus camurus can fly nimbly through dense forest canopy because of their short, rounded wings that help them navigate tight spaces.

Fähigkeit

Keen Vision

Tockus camurus has sharp eyesight that helps them spot tiny insects and ripe fruits hidden among the leaves from a distance.

Fähigkeit

Master Builders

Tockus camurus can seal their nest cavity with mud, leaving a small slit for food, to protect their eggs and chicks from predators.

Maße und Details

Länge
30-36 cm
Flügelspannweite
45-55 cm
Gewicht
0.1-0.15 kg
Lebenserwartung
10-15 Jahre
Top Speed
35 km/h
Gelegegröße
2-4
Brutzeit
24-30 Tage

Ernährung und Fütterung

These hornbills enjoy a varied diet of insects, spiders, and delicious forest fruits.

Hauptnahrung

  • beetles
  • grasshoppers
  • spiders
  • berries
  • small lizards
  • mantids

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eats

Sandpaper Fig

Ficus exasperata

Disperses seeds by eating its fruit.

hunts

Variegated Grasshopper

Zonocerus variegatus

Preys on this common insect.

eaten by

Cassin's Hawk-eagle

Aquila africana

A predator in its forest habitat.

eats

African Corkwood

Musanga cecropioides

Feeds on its fruits and spreads seeds.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Yellow-billed Hornbill

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Always watch birds from a distance and don't try to touch them.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das länge von Tockus camurus?

30-36 cm

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Tockus camurus?

45-55 cm

Was ist der/die/das gewicht von Tockus camurus?

0.1-0.15 kg

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Tockus camurus?

10-15 Jahre

Was ist der/die/das top Speed von Tockus camurus?

35 km/h

Was frisst Tockus camurus?

These hornbills enjoy a varied diet of insects, spiders, and delicious forest fruits.

Wo findet man Tockus camurus normalerweise?

Savannas

Wie jagt Tockus camurus?

Foraging

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