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2018-02-07 Southern Ground-Hornbill (Bucorvis leadbeateri) 8207_1
An unusual visitor to the suburbs. According to internet sources there are only about 1500 of them left in the wild in South Africa, mainly in nature- or private reserves hence they are classified as endangered.
Southern ground hornbills can be found from northern Namibia and Angola to northern South Africa and southern Zimbabwe to Burundi and Kenya. They require a savanna habitat with large trees for nesting and dense but short grass for foraging. They forage on the ground, where they feed on reptiles, frogs, snails, insects and mammals up to the size of hares.
2018-02-07 Southern Ground-Hornbill (Bucorvis leadbeateri) 8207_1
An unusual visitor to the suburbs. According to internet sources there are only about 1500 of them left in the wild in South Africa, mainly in nature- or private reserves hence they are classified as endangered.
Southern ground hornbills can be found from northern Namibia and Angola to northern South Africa and southern Zimbabwe to Burundi and Kenya. They require a savanna habitat with large trees for nesting and dense but short grass for foraging. They forage on the ground, where they feed on reptiles, frogs, snails, insects and mammals up to the size of hares.