Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Bucerotiformes > Bucerotidae > Lophoceros > Lophoceros bradfieldiLophoceros bradfieldi (Bradfield's Hornbill)Synonyms: Rhyncaceros bradfieldi; Tockus bradfieldi The Bradfield's hornbill (Tockus bradfieldi) is an African hornbill. It is a medium-sized bird, 50–57 centimetres (20–22 in) in length, characterized by black back and wings and a white belly. The tip feathers of the long tail are white. Females are smaller than males and can be recognized by turquoise facial skin. The eyes are yellow and the beak is red. The beak is long and presents no casque. The common name and Latin binomial commemorate the South African naturalist R. D. Bradfield (1882-1949). |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 9.99233 EDGE Score: 2.3972 |
| Adult Weight [1] | 196 grams | | Birth Weight [2] | 14.5 grams |  | | Diet [3] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates), Frugivore, Granivore | | Diet - Ectothermic [3] | 10 % | | Diet - Fruit [3] | 20 % | | Diet - Invertibrates [3] | 60 % | | Diet - Seeds [3] | 10 % | | Forages - Canopy [3] | 10 % | | Forages - Mid-High [3] | 40 % | | Forages - Understory [3] | 20 % | | Forages - Ground [3] | 30 % |
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Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land
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Angolan Mopane woodlands |
Angola, Namibia |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands |
Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, South Africa |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands |
Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Location |
IBA Criteria |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Chobe National Park |
Botswana |
A3, A4i |
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Eastern Caprivi wetlands |
Namibia |
A1, A3, A4i |
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Epupa: Ruacana |
Namibia |
A1, A2, A3, A4i |
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Etosha National Park |
Namibia |
A1, A3, A4i, A4iii |
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Hwange National Park |
Zimbabwe |
A3 |
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Kafue National Park |
Zambia |
A1, A2, A3, A4i, A4ii |
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Lake Ngami |
Botswana |
A1, A3, A4i, A4ii, A4iii |
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Linyanti swamp/Chobe river |
Botswana |
A1, A3, A4i |
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Machile |
Zambia |
A1, A2, A3, A4ii |
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Mahango Game Reserve and Kavango river |
Namibia |
A1, A3, A4i |
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Makgadikgadi Pans |
Botswana |
A1, A3, A4i, A4iii |
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Mupa National Park |
Angola |
A1, A3 |
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Okavango Delta |
Botswana |
A1, A3, A4i, A4ii, A4iii |
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Simungoma |
Zambia |
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Sioma Ngwezi National Park |
Zambia |
A3 |
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Tsumkwe pan system |
Namibia |
A1, A3, A4i |
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Waterberg Plateau Park |
Namibia |
A1, A3 |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109 ♦ 2Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605 ♦ 3Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 ♦ 4del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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