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African Grey Hornbill
Lophoceros nasutus · Family Bucerotidae
Lophoceros nasutus
Family Bucerotidae
- Order
- Bucerotiformes
- Family
- Bucerotidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 191,427
- Countries and territories with records
- 46
About this species
This species has 191,427 occurrence records from 46 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from South Africa (48.4%), Namibia (7.7%), Kenya (5.5%), Botswana (4.7%) and Nigeria (4.6%); together they account for 70.9% of the total. In South Africa, this species accounts for 0.23% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Lophoceros nasutus combines the genus name Lophoceros with the species epithet nasutus. The Warbla app catalog lists 7 species of the genus Lophoceros; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Lophoceros alboterminatus, Lophoceros fasciatus and Lophoceros bradfieldi.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 58 species of the family Bucerotidae. This species ranks 2nd among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Ocyceros birostris. Its record count is 8.4 times the family average (22,815). The family Bucerotidae belongs to the order Bucerotiformes, which has 70 species in the Warbla app catalog.