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The sexes are similar, but males are larger and heavier. Males also have somewhat longer bills, with the lower mandible coloured black to a variable extent. It is distinguishable from other red-billed hornbills by the combination of yellow iris and pale orbital skin (pink to greyish), and the ample blackish plumage streaking from the ear coverts to the side of the neck. The throat is white, and the wing coverts clearly spotted.
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When to see the Southern Red-billed Hornbill
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Southern Red-billed Hornbill
The map shades 11 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Southern Red-billed Hornbill
The southern red-billed hornbill is a species of hornbill in the family Bucerotidae, which is native to the savannas and dryer bushlands of southern Africa. It is replaced by a near-relative, the Damara red-billed hornbill, in the arid woodlands of western Namibia. All five red-billed hornbills were formerly considered conspecific.
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Easily confused with
Northern Red-billed HornbillTockus erythrorhynchusThe northern red-billed hornbill is a species of hornbill in the family Bucerotidae.
Von der Decken's HornbillTockus deckeniThis species is a small hornbill with blackish upperparts and mainly whitish underparts and head.
Western Red-billed HornbillTockus kempiWestern red-billed hornbills are small hornbills in the genus Tockus.
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