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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
15/05/2024 12:30:55 PM
Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
VU
Southern Ground-Hornbill*
Id (Atlas):
Bucorvus leadbeateri
Description (10 )
Southern Ground-Hornbill
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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)
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)... )
Listen to XC397880
Southern Ground Hornbill (Bucorvus leadbeateri ) [XC397880 ]
by Bernard BOUSQUET from Mutinondo Wilderness area, Northern Province, Zambia (song)
Listen to XC486115
Southern Ground Hornbill (Bucorvus leadbeateri ) [XC486115 ]
by Stein \u00d8. Nilsen from Flagstaff (near Cutwini), Transkei District, Eastern Cape, South Africa (call)
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:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Southern Ground-Hornbill see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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