NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Western Red-billed Hornbill
Tockus kempi Tréca & Érard, 2000
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.
Western red-billed hornbill (Tockus kempi), male, The Gambia
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Open encyclopedia reference
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
Wikipedia contributors, Western red-billed hornbill; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T11:53:25.721867+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Tockus kempi Tréca & Érard, 2000
- Name authority
- Tréca & Érard, 2000
- Common name
- Western Red-billed Hornbill
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Bucerotiformes
- Family
- Bucerotidae
- Genus
- Tockus
- 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
- genusTockus R. Lesson, 1830
- speciesTockus kempi Tréca & Érard, 2000
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Tockus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Jackson's HornbillTockus jacksoni (Ogilvie-Grant, 1891) | BucerotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Northern Red-billed HornbillTockus erythrorhynchus (Temminck, 1823) | BucerotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Southern Yellow-billed HornbillTockus leucomelas (M. H. K. Lichtenstein, 1842) | BucerotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Von der Decken's HornbillTockus deckeni (Cabanis, 1868) | 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 erythrorhynchus kempi Tréca & Érard, 2000 Tréca & Érard, 2000 | 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=1174539 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:8VDT9. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.