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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderBucerotiformes
- FamilyBucorvidae
ジサイチョウ属（じさいちょうぞく、学名 Bucorvus）は、サイチョウ目モリヤツガシラ科の唯一の属である。
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The ground hornbills are birds belonging to the genus, Bucorvus, in the hornbill family, Bucerotidae. The two species are endemic to open savanna regions of sub-Saharan Africa: the Abyssinian ground hornbill occurs in a belt from Senegal east to Ethiopia, and the southern ground hornbill occurs in southern and East Africa. The ground hornbills have sometimes been placed in a separate family, Bucorvidae.
Ground hornbills are large, with adults around a metre tall. Both species are ground-dwelling, unlike other hornbills. They are carnivorous and feed on insects, snakes, other birds, amphibians and even tortoises.