🐦Southern Ground Hornbill
The southern ground hornbill 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.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2025.
- Body mass
- 3.74 kg
- Body length
- not recorded
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 70 years
Everything we know about the Southern Ground Hornbill
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass3.74 kgAVONETOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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By sex
- Male4.36 kgWikidataQ685074
- Female3.32 kgWikidataQ685074
Figures vary
- 3.77 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Tail length0.32 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Wing length0.53 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Beak length0.2 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Tarsus length0.14 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan70 yearsAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0
Trophic levelCarnivoreAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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HabitatGrasslandAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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LifestyleTerrestrialAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l3.7 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Southern Ground Hornbill yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classAves
- ›orderBucerotiformes
- ›familyBucorvidae
- ›genusBucorvus
- ›speciesBucorvus leadbeateri
- classBirds · Aves
- orderBucerotiformes
- familyBucorvidae
- genusBucorvus
All 12 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- orderSauria
- classBirds · Aves
- orderBucerotiformes
- familyBucorvidae
- genusBucorvus
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