Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill

Tockus leucomelas (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1842)

Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill, Tockus leucomelas, is a hornbill of southern Africa, where it is a resident of dry savannas and also uses woodlands. It is most often associated with open thornveld, broad-leaved woodland and mopane scrub, and may be seen along roads and watercourses. Its long yellow bill curves downwards and is large in relation to the body, with a small casque that can seem almost absent. The bird has a white belly, grey neck and black upperparts marked with white, while the eyes are usually yellow.

Order

Bucerotiformes

Family

Bucerotidae — Hornbills

Breeding range

Africa: s