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Brown-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes cylindricus



Family: Bucerotidae (Hornbills)

Authority: (Temminck, 1824)

Red List Category

Criteria: A2cd+3cd+4cd

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Justification of Red List category
This species is listed as Vulnerable because it is suspected to be undergoing a rapid population decline owing to the impacts of habitat destruction and degradation, and hunting pressure.



Population size: unknown

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 556,000 km2

Country endemic: no

Attributes
Land-mass type - continent
Realm - Afrotropical
IUCN Ecosystem -- Terrestrial biome

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Bycanistes cylindricus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/brown-cheeked-hornbill-bycanistes-cylindricus on 19/03/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org on 19/03/2024.