---
title: "Zilveroorneushoornvogel"
description: "Bycanistes brevis — Vogels. The silvery-cheeked hornbill (Bycanistes brevis) is a large species of hornbill found in Africa."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/silvery-cheeked-hornbill
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Zilveroorneushoornvogel

> Bycanistes brevis — Vogels. The silvery-cheeked hornbill (Bycanistes brevis) is a large species of hornbill found in Africa.

- Scientific name: *Bycanistes brevis*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos)
- iNaturalist observations: 1053
- Wikidata: [Q933174](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q933174)
- iNaturalist taxon: [507912](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/507912)

## Names

- en: Silvery-cheeked Hornbill
- de: Silberwangenhornvogel
- es: Cálao Cariplateado
- fr: Calao à joues argent
- nl: Zilveroorneushoornvogel
- pt: Calau-de-crista
- pl: Dzioborożec srebrnolicy

## Countries with the most observations

TZ (453), KE (182), ET (149), MW (35), ZW (30)

## Summary

The silvery-cheeked hornbill (Bycanistes brevis) is a large species of hornbill found in Africa. Silvery-cheeked hornbills are residents of the tall evergreen forests of East Africa from Ethiopia to South Africa. In Zimbabwe it is threatened by habitat destruction and its presence in South Africa is marginal, but it remains locally fairly common, especially in the northern and central parts of its range.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvery-cheeked_hornbill

## Photo

![Zilveroorneushoornvogel](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/silvery-cheeked-hornbill/medium.jpg)

Photo: lallen · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/19952817

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/silvery-cheeked-hornbill?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).