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Abyssinian or northern ground hornbill (Bucorvus abyssinicus). This female was brought to the Zoo, having previously been kept in close proximity to humans somewhere in northern Nigeria; its precise area of origin was unknown. This species is found in orchard bush and grass woodland and is distributed north of the Equator from West Africa east and south to Uganda. Zoological Garden, May 1966.