Tockus

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

==Taxonomy== The genus Tockus was introduced in 1830 by the French naturalist René Lesson. He listed three species in his new genus but did not specify a type species. In 1840 the English zoologist George Gray selected the type as Buceros erythrorhynchus, the northern red-billed hornbill. The genus name is derived from a word used by local people in Senegal for a hornbill.