Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill
Southern Yellow-billed HornbillSouthern Yellow-billed HornbillSouthern Yellow-billed HornbillSouthern Yellow-billed Hornbill

Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill

Tockus leucomelas

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
50–60% · Likely
overall probability at Kruger National Park
4,670 Verified records at Kruger National Park
October Best month highest sighting rate
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The southern yellow-billed hornbill (Tockus leucomelas) is a hornbill found in southern Africa. Yellow-billed hornbills feed mainly on the ground, where they forage for seeds, small insects, spiders and scorpions. This hornbill species is a common and widespread resident of dry thornveldt and broad-leafed woodlands. They can often be seen along roads and water courses. Wikipedia →

50–60% of wildlife watchers report a Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill sighting in Kruger National Park, based on 4,670 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Kruger National Park

Southern Red-billed Hornbill

Southern Red-billed Hornbill

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tockus rufirostris

40–50% · Likely
African Grey Hornbill
LC

African Grey Hornbill

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Lophoceros nasutus

30–40% · Possible
Trumpeter Hornbill
LC

Trumpeter Hornbill

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Bycanistes bucinator

5–10% · With luck
Crowned Hornbill
LC

Crowned Hornbill

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Lophoceros alboterminatus

5–10% · With luck
Green Wood Hoopoe
LC

Green Wood Hoopoe

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Phoeniculus purpureus

30–40% · Possible
Common Hoopoe
LC

Common Hoopoe

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Upupa epops

30–40% · Possible
African Hoopoe

African Hoopoe

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Upupa africana

20–30% · Possible
Southern Ground-Hornbill
VU

Southern Ground-Hornbill

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Bucorvus leadbeateri

20–30% · Possible
Common Scimitarbill
LC

Common Scimitarbill

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Rhinopomastus cyanomelas

10–20% · With luck

📅 Monthly Probability

60–70
Jan
50–60
Feb
50–60
Mar
50–60
Apr
60–70
May
50–60
Jun
60–70
Jul
60–70
Aug
50–60
Sep
60–70
Oct
40–50
Nov
50–60
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Gonarezhou National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
60–70%
2 Etosha National Park 🇳🇦 Namibia
50–60%
3 Kruger National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
50–60%
4 Waterberg Plateau Park 🇳🇦 Namibia
50–60%
5 Hwange National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
50–60%
6 Pilanesberg National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
30–40%
7 Moremi Game Reserve 🇧🇼 Botswana
30–40%
8 Chobe National Park 🇧🇼 Botswana
20–30%
9 Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
10–20%
10 Mana Pools National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
5–10%
11 Lower Zambezi National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
<5%
12 Namib-Naukluft National Park 🇳🇦 Namibia
<5%
13 Liwonde National Park 🇲🇼 Malawi
Insufficient data
14 Kafue National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
Insufficient data
15 Gorongosa National Park 🇲🇿 Mozambique
Insufficient data
16 Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
Insufficient data
17 iSimangaliso Wetland Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill in Kruger National Park?

About 57% of wildlife watchers report a Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill sighting in Kruger National Park, based on 4,670 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill in Kruger National Park?

October has the highest sighting rate for Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill in Kruger National Park in our monthly data.

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