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Bradfield's hornbill

Lophoceros bradfieldi (Roberts, 1930)

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The bradfield's hornbill (Lophoceros bradfieldi) is a species in the family Bucerotidae, order Bucerotiformes. Recorded adults weigh 193 g to 200 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Bradfield's hornbill (Lophoceros bradfieldi)
Photo: Ron Knight · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the bradfield's hornbill

Weight
193 g – 200 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
woodlandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the bradfield's hornbill live?

Not recorded

What is the bradfield's hornbill?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

Bradfield's hornbill (Lophoceros bradfieldi) is an African hornbill. It is a medium-sized bird, 50–57 cm (20–22 in) in length, characterized by black back and wings and a white belly. The tip feathers of the long tail are white. Females are smaller than males and can be recognized by turquoise facial skin. The eyes are yellow and the beak is red. The beak is long and presents no casque.

This is an uncommon resident of the mopane woodlands and mixed thorn fields of northeastern Namibia (especially on the Waterberg plateau), northern Botswana, southern Angola and eastern Zimbabwe. They feed on fruits, large insects, nuts and small reptiles.

The common name and Latin binomial commemorate the South African naturalist R. D. Bradfield (1882-1949).

From the Wikipedia article “Bradfield's hornbill” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bradfield%27s_hornbill&oldid=1380597698), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the bradfield's hornbill endangered?

The bradfield's hornbill is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the bradfield's hornbill classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderBucerotiformes
  5. familyBucerotidae
  6. genusLophoceros
  7. SpeciesLophoceros bradfieldi (Roberts, 1930)

Synonyms Protockus bradfieldi, Rhyncaceros bradfieldi, Rhynchaceros bradfieldi, Rhyncoceros bradfieldi, Tockus bradfieldi, Tockus bradfieldi bradfieldi, Tockus bradfieldi williamsii

Other names and names in other languages (36)
  • BRHOEnglish
  • BradfieldneushoringvoëlAfrikaans
  • Bradfield se NeushoringvoëlAfrikaans
  • SlingerbekAfrikaans
  • أبو قرن برادفيلدArabic
  • calau de BradfieldCatalan
  • zoborožec světlehnědýCzech
  • cornbig BradfieldWelsh
  • Brunhalset TokoDanish
  • FelsentokoGerman
  • helbruna buceroEsperanto
  • Toco de BradfieldSpanish
  • leet-sarvnokkEstonian
  • mopanetokoFinnish
  • namibiantokoFinnish
  • Calao de BradfieldFrench
  • smeđi kljunorožacCroatian
  • Bradfield-tokóHungarian
  • Bucero di BradfieldItalian
  • ニシカンムリコサイチョウJapanese
  • uolinis tokasLithuanian
  • Bradfields TokDutch
  • ravinetokoNorwegian
  • toko ciemnyPolish
  • calau-do-mutiátiPortuguese
  • calau-de-bradfieldPortuguese
  • Скальный токRussian
  • Скальный токоRussian
  • toko okuliarnatýSlovak
  • Bredfildov kljunorožacSerbian
  • ravintokoSwedish
  • Safran Gagalı BoynuzgagaTurkish
  • KorweTswana
  • токо скельнийUkrainian
  • 南非弯嘴犀鸟Chinese
  • 南非彎嘴犀鳥Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the bradfield's hornbill

Other species in the same genus Lophoceros.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the bradfield's hornbill?

An adult bradfield's hornbill weighs 193 g – 200 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the bradfield's hornbill endangered?

The bradfield's hornbill is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the bradfield's hornbill?

The bradfield's hornbill (Lophoceros bradfieldi) belongs to the family Bucerotidae in the order Bucerotiformes.

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BibTeX
@misc{bradfields_hornbill_2026,
  title = {Bradfield's hornbill (Lophoceros bradfieldi)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/bradfields-hornbill},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}