monaco eye birds
Ground Hornbills

Southern Ground Hornbill

Southern Ground Hornbill - Bucorvus leadbeateri
© Tom C - monacoeye • Tanzania

Bird name: Southern Ground Hornbill
Latin: Bucorvus leadbeateri
Other: Bucorve du Sud (Fr), cálao terrícola (Es), Südliche Hornrabe (De), zuidelijke hoornraaf (Nl)
Family: Bucorvidae - Ground Hornbills
Range: N Angola, N Angola, N South Africa to Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania
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The Southern Ground-Hornbill is the largest species of Hornbill - over a metre in length. Photographed above by Tom in Tanzania and below, in the Serengeti, by André.More photos...
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Bucorvidae - Ground Hornbills

099 Bucorvidae - Ground Hornbills - IOC 2.5 - 2010

Hornbills (Bucerotidae) and Ground Hornbills (Bucorvidae) sister taxa related to hoopoes and wood hoopoes

Bucorvus abyssinicus - Abyssinian Ground Hornbill - E, C, W Africa
Bucorvus leadbeateri - Southern Ground Hornbill - E, SE, SC Africa
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