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title: "Westelijke roodsnaveltok"
description: "Tockus kempi — Vogels. The western red-billed hornbill (Tockus kempi) is a species of hornbill in the family Bucerotidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/western-red-billed-hornbill
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Westelijke roodsnaveltok

> Tockus kempi — Vogels. The western red-billed hornbill (Tockus kempi) is a species of hornbill in the family Bucerotidae.

- Scientific name: *Tockus kempi*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Savanne)
- iNaturalist observations: 826
- Wikidata: [Q2443540](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2443540)
- iNaturalist taxon: [144661](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/144661)

## Names

- en: Western Red-billed Hornbill
- de: Westlicher Rotschnabeltoko
- es: Toco Piquirrojo Occidental
- fr: Calao de Kemp
- nl: Westelijke roodsnaveltok
- pl: Toko senegalski

## Countries with the most observations

GM (460), SN (312), ML (12)

## Summary

The western red-billed hornbill (Tockus kempi) is a species of hornbill in the family Bucerotidae. It is found from Senegal and Gambia to southern Mauritania and western Mali. There are five species of red-billed hornbills generally recognized now, but all five were once considered conspecific. Some authorities still categorize the group as Tockus erythrorhynchus with the remaining four as its subspecies

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

## Photo

![Westelijke roodsnaveltok](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/western-red-billed-hornbill/medium.jpg)

Photo: Francesco Cecere · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/38070549

## Machine access

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