NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
African Pied Hornbill
Lophoceros fasciatus (Shaw, 1812)
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.
African Pied Hornbill Tockus fasciatus
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Open encyclopedia reference
The Congo pied hornbill (Lophoceros fasciatus) is a bird of the hornbill family, a family of tropical birds found in the Old World.
The Congo pied hornbill is native to the Congo Basin. This is a bird of mainly forest habitats. The female lays up to four white eggs in a tree hole, which is blocked off during incubation with a cement made of mud, droppings and fruit pulp. There is only one narrow aperture, just big enough for the male to transfer food to the mother and the chicks.
Wikipedia contributors, Congo pied hornbill; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T09:20:42.079522+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Lophoceros fasciatus (Shaw, 1812)
- Name authority
- (Shaw, 1812)
- Common name
- African Pied Hornbill
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Bucerotiformes
- Family
- Bucerotidae
- Genus
- Lophoceros
- 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
- genusLophoceros Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833
- speciesLophoceros fasciatus (Shaw, 1812)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Lophoceros. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Crowned HornbillLophoceros alboterminatus Büttikofer, 1889 | BucerotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bradfield's HornbillLophoceros bradfieldi (Roberts, 1930) | BucerotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dwarf HornbillLophoceros camurus (Cassin, 1857) | BucerotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hemprich's HornbillLophoceros hemprichii (Ehrenberg, 1833) | BucerotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| African Gray HornbillLophoceros nasutus (Linnaeus, 1766) | 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 |
|---|---|
| Tockus fasciatus (Shaw, 1812) (Shaw, 1812) | 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=1174544 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.
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:8VDSQ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.