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Southern Ground Hornbill
Southern Ground Hornbill
Bucorvus leadbeateri
Aves
VULNERABLE

Stats

Lifespan
40-70 yrs
Size
Large
Diet
Carnivore
Activity
Diurnal
Social
Flock
Biome
Tropical savanna
Range
Sub-Saharan Africa
Movement
Walking
Breeding
Egg-laying
Defense
Herd Safety
Status
Vulnerable

About

This large bird stalks the savannas and woodlands of southern Africa. It uses its heavy bill to hunt snakes and tortoises by smashing them against the ground.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    egg
    A clutch of eggs is incubated in the nest, kept warm by a brooding parent until the chicks pip free.
  2. 2.
    hatchling
    A naked or downy hatchling is fed in the nest by its parents.
  3. 3.
    juvenile
    A feathered juvenile fledges from the nest and learns to fly and forage.
  4. 4.
    adult
    Fully grown with adult plumage.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Bucerotiformes
Family
Bucerotidae
Genus
Bucorvus
Species
Bucorvus leadbeateri