Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill (Tockus leucomelas)
About the Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill
The southern yellow-billed hornbill (Tockus leucomelas) is a hornbill found in southern Africa. Yellow-billed hornbills feed mainly on the ground, where they forage for seeds, small insects, spiders and scorpions. This hornbill species is a common and widespread resident of dry thornveldt and broad-leafed woodlands. They can often be seen along roads and water courses.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 35 recordings for this species: 1 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Damara Red-billed HornbillTockus damarensisrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.