Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill

Tockus flavirostris

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesWoodlandCavity nestMedium · 217 g

When to see the Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 8 countries with regular records, and 4 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in South Africa, Eritrea, South Sudan, Zambia.

About the Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill

The Eastern yellow-billed hornbill, also known as the northern yellow-billed hornbill, is a species of hornbill in the family Bucerotidae. It is found in Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. It resembles the southern yellow-billed hornbill, but has blackish skin around the eyes.

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