Tockus is a genus of birds in the hornbill family, Bucerotidae, which are native to Africa.

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Tockus
A female southern red-billed hornbill
Call of a northern red-billed hornbill
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Bucerotiformes
Family:	Bucerotidae
Genus:	Tockus Lesson, 1830
Type species
Buceros erythrorhynchus[1] (Temminck), 1823
Species
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Hornbills in the genus Tockus are medium-sized African birds with triangular shaped curved bills. They can be found in tropical and sub-tropical African grasslands, forests and savannahs. They all have long tail feathers which are black on the exterior and white on the interior.

The genus contains the following ten species:^[2]

• Monteiro's hornbill (Tockus monteiri)
• Red-billed hornbill group
  • Northern red-billed hornbill (Tockus erythrorhynchus)
  • Damara red-billed hornbill (Tockus damarensis)
  • Southern red-billed hornbill (Tockus rufirostris)
  • Tanzanian red-billed hornbill (Tockus ruahae)
  • Western red-billed hornbill (Tockus kempi)
• Yellow-billed hornbill group
  • Southern yellow-billed hornbill (Tockus leucomelas)
  • Eastern yellow-billed hornbill (Tockus flavirostris)
• Von der Decken's hornbill (Tockus deckeni)
• Jackson's hornbill (Tockus jacksoni)