List of Southern African Birds - Hornbills

Hornbills

Order: Coraciiformes. Family: Bucerotidae

Hornbills are a group of birds that have bills shaped like a cow's horn, but without a twist, sometimes with a casque on the upper mandible. Frequently, the bill is brightly coloured. There are 57 species worldwide, ten in Southern Africa.

  • Monteiro's Hornbill Tockus monteiri
  • Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
  • Damara Hornbill Tockus damarensis
  • Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
  • Crowned Hornbill Tockus alboterminatus
  • Bradfield's Hornbill Tockus bradfieldi
  • African Grey Hornbill Tockus nasutus
  • Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
  • Silvery-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes brevis
  • Southern Ground-Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri

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