Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill
Tockus leucomelas
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderBucerotiformes (Hornbills and Hoopoes)
- FamilyBucerotidae (Hornbills)
- GenusTockus (Red-billed and Yellow-billed Hornbills)
- SpeciesTockus leucomelas (Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill)
Closest Relatives at Etosha National Park
Southern Red-billed Hornbill
Tockus rufirostris
Damara Red-billed Hornbill
Tockus damarensis
Monteiro's Hornbill
Tockus monteiri
African Grey Hornbill
Lophoceros nasutus
Bradfield's Hornbill
Lophoceros bradfieldi
African Hoopoe
Upupa africana
Common Hoopoe
Upupa epops
Violet Wood Hoopoe
Phoeniculus damarensis
Common Scimitarbill
Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
Green Wood Hoopoe
Phoeniculus purpureus
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ 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 | Etosha National Park | 🇳🇦 Namibia | |
| 2 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Waterberg Plateau Park | 🇳🇦 Namibia | |
| 4 | Hwange National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 5 | Pilanesberg National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 6 | Moremi Game Reserve | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 7 | Chobe National Park | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 8 | Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 9 | Mana Pools National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 10 | Lower Zambezi National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 11 | Kafue National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 12 | Gorongosa National Park | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | |
| 13 | Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 14 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill in Etosha National Park?
About 58% of visitor-days record a Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill sighting in Etosha National Park, based on 855 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill in Etosha National Park?
August has the highest sighting rate for Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill in Etosha National Park in our monthly data.