Profile
In flight
Hornbills
Southern Red-billed Hornbill
Tockus rufirostris
- uncommon
- 38 km/h
- Not Evaluated
Seals its nest with mud, feeds through a slit. Allies with mongooses: hornbill watches the sky, mongoose works the ground.
- Habitat
- Savanna, dry bushland, and open woodland
- Fun fact
- The female seals herself into a tree cavity during nesting, leaving only a narrow feeding slit.
- Range
- Southern Africa
- Diet
- Insects, fruit, seeds, and small vertebrates
- Size
- 0.42 m
