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Red-billed Hornbill
Tockus erythrorhynchus
-22.4213, 29.2066
Field Notes
Description:
This conspicuous bird has mainly whitish underparts and head, and grey upperparts. It has a long tail and a long and curved red bill which lacks a casque. Sexes are similar, but the female has a smaller bill. It is a large bird, at 42 cm long, but is one of the smaller hornbills. It advertises its presence with its noisy accelerating tok-tok-tok-toktoktok call.
Habitat:
woodland, savana
Notes:
The second pic is a juvenile
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