Western long-tailed hornbill
| Western long-tailed hornbill | |
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| T. a. albocristatus at Central Park Zoo, USA | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Bucerotiformes |
| Family: | Bucerotidae |
| Genus: | Horizocerus |
| Species: | H. albocristatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Horizocerus albocristatus (Cassin, 1848)
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| Synonyms | |
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Buceros albocristatus (protonym)
Tockus albocristatus | |
The western long-tailed hornbill (Horizocerus albocristatus) is a species of hornbill (family Bucerotidae) found in humid forests of West Africa. It was formerly considered to be conspecific with the eastern long-tailed hornbill (Horizocerus cassini) with the English name "white-crested hornbill".