Southern Red-billed Hornbill
Tockus rufirostris
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderBucerotiformes (Hornbills and Hoopoes)
- FamilyBucerotidae (Hornbills)
- GenusTockus (Red-billed and Yellow-billed Hornbills)
- SpeciesTockus rufirostris (Southern Red-billed Hornbill)
Closest Relatives at Mana Pools National Park
Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill
Tockus leucomelas
Crowned Hornbill
Lophoceros alboterminatus
Trumpeter Hornbill
Bycanistes bucinator
African Grey Hornbill
Lophoceros nasutus
Green Wood Hoopoe
Phoeniculus purpureus
Common Hoopoe
Upupa epops
Southern Ground-Hornbill
Bucorvus leadbeateri
African Hoopoe
Upupa africana
Common Scimitarbill
Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
📅 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 | Mana Pools National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 2 | Lower Zambezi National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 3 | Moremi Game Reserve | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 4 | Chobe National Park | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 5 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 6 | Hwange National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 7 | South Luangwa National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 8 | Etosha National Park | 🇳🇦 Namibia | |
| 9 | Pilanesberg National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 10 | Kafue National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 11 | Waterberg Plateau Park | 🇳🇦 Namibia | |
| 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 Red-billed Hornbill in Mana Pools National Park?
About 67% of visitor-days record a Southern Red-billed Hornbill sighting in Mana Pools National Park, based on 247 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Southern Red-billed Hornbill in Mana Pools National Park?
November has the highest sighting rate for Southern Red-billed Hornbill in Mana Pools National Park in our monthly data.