Saddle-billed stork
Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
Black-and-white-casqued hornbill
Bycanistes subcylindricus
The Grey-cheeked hornbill often “associates” with monkeys and squirrels because while foraging they disturb small animals and cause the hornbill to eat fruit. In exchange, the hornbill can give the alert if a predator is approaching.
Habitat
Wooded ecotone zones up to 2600 metres high
Feed
Fruits, arthropods, eggs, lizards, small galagos
Classification
Class
Birds
Scientific Name
Bycanistes subcylindricus
Legal Status
IUCN: LC - Least Concern (2018)
Some Figures
Weight
1kg to 1.5kg
Incubation
42 days
2 eggs
Head Height
60 to 70cm
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Pternistis leucoscepus
White stork
Ciconia ciconia
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Nycticorax nycticorax