SOUTHERN GROUND HORNBILLS

Southern Ground Hornbill (Bucorvus leadbeateri)

Ground Hornbills are considered some of the longest-lived and slowest breeding of all birds.

They can live up to seventy years and it takes a pair nine years to raise a single chick to maturity.

The southern ground hornbill is the largest species of hornbill in the world. It is one of two species of ground hornbills that are only found in Africa.

The hornbill can be seen in the southern parts of Africa, from Kenya to South Africa. It lives in woodlands and savannas.