Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill

Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill

Tockus leucomelas

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
50–60% · Likely
overall probability at Kruger National Park

📅 Monthly Probability

60–70
Jan
50–60
Feb
50–60
Mar
50–60
Apr
60–70
May
50–60
Jun
60–70
Jul
60–70
Aug
50–60
Sep
60–70
Oct
40–50
Nov
50–60
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 Kruger National Park?

About 57% of visitor-days record a Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill sighting in Kruger National Park, based on 4670 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill in Kruger National Park?

October has the highest sighting rate for Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill in Kruger National Park in our monthly data.

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