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 Waterberg Plateau Park
Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill
Tockus leucomelas
Damara Red-billed Hornbill
Tockus damarensis
Monteiro's Hornbill
Tockus monteiri
African Grey Hornbill
Lophoceros nasutus
Bradfield's Hornbill
Lophoceros bradfieldi
Common Hoopoe
Upupa epops
African Hoopoe
Upupa africana
Common Scimitarbill
Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
Violet Wood Hoopoe
Phoeniculus damarensis
Green Wood Hoopoe
Phoeniculus purpureus
📅 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 Waterberg Plateau Park?
About 5% of visitor-days record a Southern Red-billed Hornbill sighting in Waterberg Plateau Park, based on 6 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Southern Red-billed Hornbill in Waterberg Plateau Park?
January has the highest sighting rate for Southern Red-billed Hornbill in Waterberg Plateau Park in our monthly data.