Southern Ground-hornbill (Bucorvus leadbeateri)

Other Scientific Names
Bucorvus leadbeateri [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)]

Other Names (World)
Southern Ground-Hornbill, Ground Hornbill, African Ground Hornbill, Southern Ground Hornbill

Family
Bucerotidae (Hornbills)

Size
90 - 129 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Vigors, 1825)

Range (Guide)

Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Southern Kenya and Burundi south to Angola, northern Namibia, northern and eastern Botswana, and north-eastern and eastern South Africa.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010) and decreasing.

Status VU
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Habits
Usually in groups of 2 - 8.

Food
Reptiles, frogs, snails, insects, small mammals.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (35)...)

Southern Ground Hornbill (Bucorvus leadbeateri) [XC426278]
by Lynette Rudman from Babati, Arusha Region, Tanzania (call)

Southern Ground Hornbill (Bucorvus leadbeateri) [XC642468]
by Stein \u00d8. Nilsen from Southwell, near Kenton on Sea, Eastern Cape, South Africa (duet)

Nest
In large cavities in trees or cliffs.

Eggs (Guide)
Clutch Size: 1 - 3, usually 2

Subspecies
Species has often been listed as Bucorvus cafer on grounds that original description of leadbeateri, based on a specimen now lost, is claimed to refer to a female of Northern Ground-hornbill (Bucorvus abyssinicus). However, convincing evidence now suggests that the lost specimen was a female of present species, so leadbeateri should be retained and cafer considered a junior synonym.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Southern Ground-hornbill (Bucorvus leadbeateri) - 10 files

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