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title: "Von der Decken's Hornbill"
description: "Tockus deckeni — Uccelli. Von der Decken's hornbill (Tockus deckeni) is a hornbill found in East Africa, especially to the east of the East African Rift, from Ethiopia south to Tanzania."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/von-der-decken-s-hornbill
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Von der Decken's Hornbill

> Tockus deckeni — Uccelli. Von der Decken's hornbill (Tockus deckeni) is a hornbill found in East Africa, especially to the east of the East African Rift, from Ethiopia south to Tanzania.

- Scientific name: *Tockus deckeni*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Savana), `desert` (Deserto)
- iNaturalist observations: 1614
- Wikidata: [Q285064](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q285064)
- iNaturalist taxon: [5483](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/5483)

## Names

- en: Von der Decken's Hornbill
- de: Von-der-Decken-Toko
- es: Toco Keniata
- fr: Calao de der Decken
- nl: Von der deckens tok
- pt: Calau-de-decken
- pl: Toko czarnoskrzydły

## Countries with the most observations

TZ (736), KE (557), ET (73), SO (4)

## Summary

Von der Decken's hornbill (Tockus deckeni) is a hornbill found in East Africa, especially to the east of the East African Rift, from Ethiopia south to Tanzania. It is found mainly in thorn scrub and similar arid habitats. Jackson's hornbill is often treated as a subspecies of it. It was named after the German explorer Baron Karl Klaus von der Decken (1833–1865).

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Von_der_Decken%27s_hornbill

## Photo

![Von der Decken's Hornbill](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/von-der-decken-s-hornbill/medium.jpg)

Photo: Henggang Cui · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/177748319

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/von-der-decken-s-hornbill?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).