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Bird name: Southern Ground Hornbill
Latin: Bucorvus leadbeateri
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Family: Bucerotidae • Hornbills

The Southern Ground-Hornbill is the largest species of Hornbill - over a metre in length. Seen here in the Serengeti.More photos...

099 Bucorvidae - IOC 2.5 - 2010

Ground Hornbills - Hornbills (Bucerotidae) and Ground Hornbills (Bucorvidae) sister taxa related to hoopoes and wood hoopoes

Bucorvus abyssinicus - Abyssinian Ground Hornbill - E, C, W Africa
Bucorvus leadbeateri - Southern Ground Hornbill - E, SE, SC Africa