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See text. The Monteiro's Hornbill, Tockus monteiri, is an African Hornbill. Chordates ( Phylum Chordata) are a group of Animals that includes the Vertebrates together with several closely related Invertebrates Birds ( class Aves) are bipedal endothermic ( Warm-blooded) Vertebrate animals that lay eggs. The Coraciiformes are a group of usually colourful Near passerine Birds including the Kingfishers the Hoopoe, the Bee-eaters the Hornbills ( family Bucerotidae) are a group of Birds characterized by a long down-curved bill sometimes with a casque on the upper mandible René Primevère Lesson (March 20 1794 - April 28 1849 was a French surgeon and naturalist. |
Tockus is a genus of the Bucerotidae family (hornbills). A genus (plural genera from Γένος Latin genus "descent family type gender" is a low-level Taxonomic Hornbills ( family Bucerotidae) are a group of Birds characterized by a long down-curved bill sometimes with a casque on the upper mandible