Southern ground hornbill: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the southern ground hornbill lives – recorded in 9 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Bucorvus leadbeateri
Group	Woodpeckers, kingfishers, hornbills & toucans
Status	Vulnerable (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	9 countries
Continents	Africa
Mass	100 g (birth weight); 4.36 kg (male organism, adult weight); 3.32 kg (female organism, adult weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Bucerotiformes
Family	Bucorvidae

Where does the southern ground hornbill live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the southern ground hornbill in 9 countries and territories across Africa. Wikidata gives its range as: Africa.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a southern ground hornbill?

Wikidata records the following for the southern ground hornbill: mass 100 g (birth weight); 4.36 kg (male organism, adult weight); 3.32 kg (female organism, adult weight).

Is the southern ground hornbill endangered?

The southern ground hornbill’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Vulnerable” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the southern ground hornbill?

The southern ground hornbill (Bucorvus leadbeateri) is a bird in the order Bucerotiformes and the family Bucorvidae, genus Bucorvus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the southern ground hornbill

The southern ground hornbill (Bucorvus leadbeateri) is one of two species of ground hornbill, both of which are found solely within Africa, and is the largest species in the hornbill order worldwide. It can be found in the southern regions of Africa, ranging from Kenya to South Africa. Within these regions, they inhabit both woodlands and savannas. The other species of the genus Bucorvus is the Abyssinian ground hornbill, B. abyssinicus.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Southern ground hornbill (revision 1360738196), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q685074 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).