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Taxonomic note
Lophoceros fasciatus and L. semifasciatus (del Hoyo and Collar 2014) were previously placed in the genus Tockus and lumped as T. fasciatus following Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993).

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2016	Least Concern
2014	Least Concern
2012	Not Recognised
2008	Not Recognised
2004	Not Recognised
2000	Not Recognised
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	high
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	1,870,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	unknown	-	-	-
Generation length	9.8 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is reported to be widespread and locally common to very common (del Hoyo et al. 2001).

Trend justification: The population trend is difficult to determine because of uncertainty over the impacts of habitat modification and hunting on population sizes.

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Benin	extant	native	yes
Burkina Faso	extant	native	yes
Côte d'Ivoire	extant	native	yes
Gambia	extant	native	yes
Ghana	extant	native	yes
Guinea	extant	native	yes
Guinea-Bissau	extant	native	yes
Liberia	extant	native	yes
Mali	extant	native	yes
Mauritania	extant	vagrant			yes
Nigeria	extant	native	yes
Senegal	extant	native	yes
Sierra Leone	extant	native	yes
Togo	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Benin	Lake Nokoué
Benin	Lama Forest
Benin	Ouémé river basin
Côte d'Ivoire	Azagny National Park
Côte d'Ivoire	Bossematie Forest Reserve
Côte d'Ivoire	Gueoule and Glo Mountain Forest Reserves
Côte d'Ivoire	Lamto Ecological Research Station
Côte d'Ivoire	Marahoue National Park
Côte d'Ivoire	Mopri Forest Reserve
Côte d'Ivoire	Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve
Côte d'Ivoire	Parc National de Taï et Réserve de faune du N'Zo
Côte d'Ivoire	Peko Mountain National Park
Côte d'Ivoire	Sangbe Mountain National Park
Côte d'Ivoire	Yapo and Mambo Forest Reserves
Gambia	Abuko Nature Reserve
Gambia	Pirang Forest Park
Ghana	Ankasa Resource Reserve - Nini-Sushien National Park
Ghana	Atewa Range Forest Reserve
Ghana	Bia National Park and Resource Reserve
Ghana	Boin River Forest Reserve
Ghana	Boin Tano Forest Reserve
Ghana	Bosomtwe Range Forest Reserve
Ghana	Bura River Forest Reserve
Ghana	Cape Three Points Forest Reserve
Ghana	Dadieso Forest Reserve
Ghana	Digya National Park
Ghana	Fure River Forest Reserve
Ghana	Jema-Asemkrom Forest Reserve
Ghana	Kakum National Park - Assin Attandaso Resource Reserve
Ghana	Kalakpa Resource Reserve
Ghana	Kyabobo National Park
Ghana	Mamiri Forest Reserve
Ghana	Mount Afadjato - Agumatsa Range forest
Ghana	Nsuensa-Ayiola-Bediako Forest Reserves
Ghana	Pra-Sushien Forest Reserve
Ghana	Subri River Forest Reserve
Ghana	Tano-Anwia Forest Reserve
Ghana	Tano-Ehuro Forest Reserve
Ghana	Tano-Nimiri Forest Reserve
Ghana	Tano-Offin Forest Reserve
Ghana	Yoyo River Forest Reserve
Guinea	Diécké
Guinea	Gangan Foret Classe
Guinea	Kounounkan
Guinea	Massif du Ziama
Guinea-Bissau	Cantanhez forests
Guinea-Bissau	Lagoas de Cufada
Guinea-Bissau	Rio Tombali, Rio Cumbijã and Ilha de Melo
Liberia	Cestos - Senkwen
Liberia	Grebo
Liberia	Lofa-Gola-Mano Complex
Liberia	Nimba mountains
Liberia	Sapo
Liberia	Wologizi mountains
Liberia	Wonegizi mountains
Liberia	Zwedru
Nigeria	Afi River Forest Reserve
Nigeria	Biseni forests
Nigeria	IITA Forest Reserve, Ibadan
Nigeria	Kagoro - Nindam Forest Reserves and vicinity
Nigeria	Okomu National Park
Nigeria	Omo Forest Reserve
Nigeria	Sunvit Farm
Senegal	Parc National de Basse Casamance
Sierra Leone	Gola Forests
Sierra Leone	Kambui Hills Forest Reserve
Sierra Leone	Kangari Hills Non-hunting Forest Reserve
Sierra Leone	Loma Mountains Non-hunting Forest Reserve
Sierra Leone	Tingi Hills Non-hunting Forest Reserve
Sierra Leone	Western Area Peninsula Forest National Park
Togo	Fazao-Malfakassa National Park
Togo	Misahöhe Forest Reserve

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable Land	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Pastureland	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Plantations	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Rural Gardens	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	major	resident
Altitude	0 - 900 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Purpose	Scale
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: West African Pied Hornbill Lophoceros semifasciatus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/west-african-pied-hornbill-lophoceros-semifasciatus on 22/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 22/12/2024.