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Southern Ground Hornbill

Bucorvus leadbeateri

The Southern Ground Hornbill is a large, colorful bird that walks on the ground. They have big, bright beaks and can make loud calls. These birds are social and often travel in groups, looking for food together.

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The Southern Ground Hornbill is a very large, black bird with striking bare patches of bright red skin around its eyes and on its throat. Males have a more vivid red pouch, contrasting with their dark plumage and robust beak. They have surprisingly long, noticeable eyelashes.

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Southern Ground Hornbill
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Southern Ground Hornbill

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

2/5 · Gering

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Interessante Fakten

Only the dominant pair breeds, with the whole family helping raise chicks.

Southern Ground Hornbills are one of the heaviest flying birds in the world!

These birds have surprisingly long, thick eyelashes, like a supermodel!

They 'march' through grasslands, often walking over 10 kilometers a day!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Booming Voicebox

Southern Ground Hornbills can make deep, booming calls because of their inflatable throat sac, that helps them communicate across vast distances.

Fähigkeit

Poison Predator

Southern Ground Hornbills can safely eat venomous snakes and scorpions because of their tough skin and quick reflexes.

Fähigkeit

Teamwork Hunter

Southern Ground Hornbills can hunt cooperatively in groups because they live in family units, that helps them catch larger prey.

Maße und Details

Länge
90-129 cm
Flügelspannweite
120-180 cm
Gewicht
2.2-6.2 kg
Lebenserwartung
30-60 Jahre
Top Speed
35 km/h
Gelegegröße
1-2
Brutzeit
37-43 Tage

Ernährung und Fütterung

These big birds mostly eat creepy crawlies and small animals they find on the ground!

Hauptnahrung

  • Insects
  • Spiders
  • Scorpions
  • Lizards
  • Snakes
  • Rodents

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

hunts

Mozambique Spitting Cobra

Naja mossambica

Preys on venomous snakes.

hunts

Striped Skink

Trachylepis striata

Consumes various species of skinks.

hunts

Multimammate Mouse

Mastomys coucha

Preys on common African rodents.

eaten by

Leopard

Panthera pardus

Can prey on young or sick individuals.

Merkmale

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

2/5 · Gering

Watch these birds from a distance and don't try to touch them. They are wild animals.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das länge von Southern Ground Hornbill?

90-129 cm

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Southern Ground Hornbill?

120-180 cm

Was ist der/die/das gewicht von Southern Ground Hornbill?

2.2-6.2 kg

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Southern Ground Hornbill?

30-60 Jahre

Was ist der/die/das top Speed von Southern Ground Hornbill?

35 km/h

Was frisst Southern Ground Hornbill?

These big birds mostly eat creepy crawlies and small animals they find on the ground!

Wo findet man Southern Ground Hornbill normalerweise?

Savannas

Wie jagt Southern Ground Hornbill?

Foraging

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