Crowned Hornbill
Lophoceros alboterminatus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderBucerotiformes (Hornbills and Hoopoes)
- FamilyBucerotidae (Hornbills)
- GenusLophoceros (Whistling Hornbills)
- SpeciesLophoceros alboterminatus (Crowned Hornbill)
Closest Relatives at Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park
Trumpeter Hornbill
Bycanistes bucinator
Southern Red-billed Hornbill
Tockus rufirostris
Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill
Tockus leucomelas
Common Hoopoe
Upupa epops
African Hoopoe
Upupa africana
Common Scimitarbill
Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
Green Wood Hoopoe
Phoeniculus purpureus
Southern Ground-Hornbill
Bucorvus leadbeateri
📅 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
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Crowned Hornbill in Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park?
About 13% of visitor-days record a Crowned Hornbill sighting in Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park, based on 36 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Crowned Hornbill in Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park?
October has the highest sighting rate for Crowned Hornbill in Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park in our monthly data.