NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
White-thighed Hornbill
Bycanistes albotibialis (Cabanis & Reichenow, 1877)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The white-thighed hornbill (Bycanistes albotibialis) is a species of hornbill.
It is found in Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Nigeria, Sudan, and Uganda. It is sometimes considered to be a subspecies of the brown-cheeked hornbill.
Wikipedia contributors, White-thighed hornbill; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T07:55:33.482245+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Bycanistes albotibialis (Cabanis & Reichenow, 1877)
- Name authority
- (Cabanis & Reichenow, 1877)
- Common name
- White-thighed Hornbill
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Bucerotiformes
- Family
- Bucerotidae
- Genus
- Bycanistes
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderBucerotiformes
- familyBucerotidae
- genusBycanistes Cabanis & Heine, 1860
- speciesBycanistes albotibialis (Cabanis & Reichenow, 1877)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Bycanistes. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Piping HornbillBycanistes fistulator (Cassin, 1850) | BucerotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-and-white-casqued HornbillBycanistes subcylindricus (P. L. Sclater, 1871) | BucerotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Buceros albotibialis Cabanis & Reichenow, 1877 Cabanis & Reichenow, 1877 | synonym |
| Bycanistes cylindricus albotibialis (Cabanis & Reichenow, 1877) (Cabanis & Reichenow, 1877) | synonym |
| Ceratogymna albotibialis (Cabanis & Reichenow, 1877) (Cabanis & Reichenow, 1877) | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=1174549 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:8VDRM. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.