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title: "Trompetneushoornvogel"
description: "Bycanistes bucinator — Vogels. The trumpeter hornbill (Bycanistes bucinator) is a medium-sized hornbill, with length between 58 and 65 cm (23 and 26 in), characterized by a large grey casque on the bill, smaller in females."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/trumpeter-hornbill
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Trompetneushoornvogel

> Bycanistes bucinator — Vogels. The trumpeter hornbill (Bycanistes bucinator) is a medium-sized hornbill, with length between 58 and 65 cm (23 and 26 in), characterized by a large grey casque on the bill, smaller in females.

- Scientific name: *Bycanistes bucinator*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 1963
- Wikidata: [Q1262205](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1262205)
- iNaturalist taxon: [507913](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/507913)

## Names

- en: Trumpeter Hornbill
- de: Trompeterhornvogel
- es: Cálao Trompetero
- fr: Calao trompette
- nl: Trompetneushoornvogel
- pt: Calau-trompeteiro
- pl: Dzioborożec trąbiący

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (1155), ZW (169), ZM (168), TZ (84), MW (80), KE (32), MZ (27), BW (23), SZ (13), NA (9), AO (4)

## Summary

The trumpeter hornbill (Bycanistes bucinator) is a medium-sized hornbill, with length between 58 and 65 cm (23 and 26 in), characterized by a large grey casque on the bill, smaller in females. The eyes are brown or red, with pink surrounding skin. Body mass is between 0.45 and 1 kg (0.99 and 2.20 lb). It is similar to silvery-cheeked hornbill. Distinguishing features include an all-black back, white belly and white underwing coverts (in flight, wings present white tips), and red facial skin.
The trumpeter hornbill is a gregarious bird, usually living in groups of two to five individuals, although sometimes as many…

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

## Photo

![Trompetneushoornvogel](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/trumpeter-hornbill/medium.jpg)

Photo: Лариса Артемьева · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/266599173

## Machine access

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