Piping Hornbill
Bycanistes fistulator
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderBucerotiformes (Hornbills and Hoopoes)
- FamilyBucerotidae (Hornbills)
- GenusBycanistes (Bycanistes Hornbills)
- SpeciesBycanistes fistulator (Piping Hornbill)
Closest Relatives at Kibale National Park
Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill
Bycanistes subcylindricus
White-thighed Hornbill
Bycanistes albotibialis
Crowned Hornbill
Lophoceros alboterminatus
African Pied Hornbill
Lophoceros fasciatus
White-crested Hornbill
Horizocerus albocristatus
African Grey Hornbill
Lophoceros nasutus
Black-casqued Hornbill
Ceratogymna atrata
White-headed Wood Hoopoe
Phoeniculus bollei
Northern Ground Hornbill
Bucorvus abyssinicus
Common Hoopoe
Upupa epops
Green Wood Hoopoe
Phoeniculus purpureus
Forest Woodhoopoe
Phoeniculus castaneiceps
📅 Monthly Probability
🌅 When They're Spotted
Most active at dawn and dusk · 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 | Semuliki National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 2 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 3 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Piping Hornbill in Kibale National Park?
About 0% of visitor-days record a Piping Hornbill sighting in Kibale National Park, based on 6 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Piping Hornbill in Kibale National Park?
February has the highest sighting rate for Piping Hornbill in Kibale National Park in our monthly data.