Trumpeter Hornbill
Bycanistes bucinator
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderBucerotiformes (Hornbills and Hoopoes)
- FamilyBucerotidae (Hornbills)
- GenusBycanistes (Bycanistes Hornbills)
- SpeciesBycanistes bucinator (Trumpeter Hornbill)
The trumpeter hornbill (Bycanistes bucinator) is a medium-sized hornbill, with length between 58 and 65 cm (23 and 26 in), characterized by a large grey casque on the bill, smaller in females. The eyes are brown or red, with pink surrounding skin. Body mass is between 0.45 and 1 kg (0.99 and 2.20 lb). It is similar to silvery-cheeked hornbill. Distinguishing features include an all-black back, white belly and white underwing coverts (in flight, wings present white tips), and red facial skin. The trumpeter hornbill is a gregarious bird, usually living in groups of two to five individuals, although sometimes as many as fifty. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Tarangire National Park
Silvery-cheeked Hornbill
Bycanistes brevis
Northern Red-billed Hornbill
Tockus erythrorhynchus
Von der Decken's Hornbill
Tockus deckeni
African Grey Hornbill
Lophoceros nasutus
Crowned Hornbill
Lophoceros alboterminatus
Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill
Tockus flavirostris
Tanzanian Red-billed Hornbill
Tockus ruahae
Pale-billed Hornbill
Lophoceros pallidirostris
Southern Ground-Hornbill
Bucorvus leadbeateri
Common Hoopoe
Upupa epops
African Hoopoe
Upupa africana
Green Wood Hoopoe
Phoeniculus purpureus
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Trumpeter Hornbill at Tarangire National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
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 | Kafue National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 2 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Lower Zambezi National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 4 | Mana Pools National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 5 | Liwonde National Park | 🇲🇼 Malawi | |
| 6 | Meru National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 7 | Gonarezhou National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 8 | Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 9 | Gorongosa National Park | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | |
| 10 | Tsavo East National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 11 | Selous Game Reserve | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 12 | South Luangwa National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 13 | Mkomazi National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 14 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 15 | Mikumi National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 16 | Chobe National Park | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 17 | Arusha National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 18 | Lake Manyara National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 19 | Addo Elephant National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 20 | Hwange National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 21 | Tsavo West National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 22 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 23 | Ruaha National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 24 | Tarangire National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania |