Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill

Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill

Tockus leucomelas

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
10–20% · Possible
overall probability at Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park

📅 Monthly Probability

0–10
Jan
10–20
Feb
0–10
Mar
10–20
Apr
10–20
May
20–30
Jun
20–30
Jul
20–30
Aug
30–40
Sep
10–20
Oct
20–30
Nov
10–20
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 Etosha National Park 🇳🇦 Namibia
50–60%
2 Kruger National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
50–60%
3 Waterberg Plateau Park 🇳🇦 Namibia
50–60%
4 Hwange National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
50–60%
5 Pilanesberg National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
30–40%
6 Moremi Game Reserve 🇧🇼 Botswana
30–40%
7 Chobe National Park 🇧🇼 Botswana
20–30%
8 Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
10–20%
9 Mana Pools National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
0–10%
10 Lower Zambezi National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
<5%
11 Kafue National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
Insufficient data
12 Gorongosa National Park 🇲🇿 Mozambique
Insufficient data
13 Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
Insufficient data
14 iSimangaliso Wetland Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park?

About 18% of visitor-days record a Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill sighting in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, based on 46 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park?

September has the highest sighting rate for Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park in our monthly data.

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