Southern Red-billed Hornbill (Tockus rufirostris)
About the Southern Red-billed Hornbill
The southern red-billed hornbill (Tockus rufirostris) is a species of hornbill in the family Bucerotidae, which is native to the savannas and dryer bushlands of southern Africa. It is replaced by a near-relative, the Damara red-billed hornbill, in the arid woodlands of western Namibia. All five red-billed hornbills were formerly considered conspecific. It is usually treated as a monotypic taxon, but two additional subspecies have been proposed: Tockus rufirostris rufirostris Sundevall, 1850 — bushveld regions of Transvaal, southern Botswana and southern Zimbabwe Tockus rufirostris degens Clancey, 1964 — eastern lowveld Tockus rufirostris ngamiensis Roberts, 1932 — northern Namibia to northern Zimbabwe
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 29 recordings for this species: 1 CC BY-NC-SA · 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, Malawi, South Africa, Zambia 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.