Species profile
yellow-casqued hornbill
Ceratogymna elata
Quick answer
Patchily distributed forests of Senegambia to Cameroon
- Scientific name
- Ceratogymna elata
- Family
- Bucerotidae
- Order
- Bucerotiformes
- Genus
- Ceratogymna
- Conservation status
- Vulnerable
Recording yellow-casqued hornbill in your journal
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Related species in Bucerotidae
- African Grey Hornbill (Lophoceros nasutus)
- Austen's Brown Hornbill (Anorrhinus austeni)
- Black Hornbill (Anthracoceros malayanus)
- Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill (Bycanistes subcylindricus)
- Black-casqued Hornbill (Ceratogymna atrata)
- Bradfield's Hornbill (Lophoceros bradfieldi)
- Brown-cheeked Hornbill (Bycanistes cylindricus)
- Buceros bisulcatus (Buceros bisulcatus)