Brown Cheeked Hornbill - Liberia 1977

Brown cheeked Hornbill

Country:            Liberia

Date of Issue:    18.02.1977
Series Name:     Liberian Birds 6v
Condition:         Mint
Bird:                 Brown-cheeked Hornbill - Bycanistes cylindricus

Face value:       20cents

Brown-cheeked Hornbill - Bycanistes cylindricus

Status: Near Threatened

Habitat: Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Togo ( subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, plantations, and heavily degraded former forest.)

Threats: Habitat loss and hunting.

Diet: Fruits and insects.

Features: 60-70 cm. Large hornbill with pale yellow bill and casque, black head (with reddish tinged cheeks in subspecies cylindricus), crest, back and upper underparts, contrasting with mostly white remiges, and lower underparts; tail white with black band. Female has smaller, back bill and casque.