Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill

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Tockus leucomelas

Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill, a reference photo
Photo: Giles Laurent · CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)

The southern yellow-billed hornbill (Tockus leucomelas) is a hornbill found in southern Africa. Yellow-billed hornbills feed mainly on the ground, where they forage for seeds, small insects, spiders and scorpions. This hornbill species is a common and widespread resident of dry thornveldt and broad-leafed woodlands. They can often be seen along roads and water courses.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

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Classification

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Bucerotiformes
Family
Bucerotidae
Genus
Tockus
Species
Tockus leucomelas

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