Lophoceros nasutus
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In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
The African grey hornbill (Lophoceros nasutus) is a member of the hornbill family of mainly tropical near-passerine birds found in the Old World. It is a widespread resident breeder in much of sub-Saharan Africa and the southwest of the Arabian Peninsula. The African grey hornbill has escaped or been deliberately released into Florida, USA, but there is no evidence that the population is breeding and may only persist due to continuing releases or escapes.
In 1760 the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson included a description of the African grey hornbill in the fourth volume of his Ornithologie based on a specimen collected in Senegal. He used the French name Le calao à bec noir du Sénégal and the Latin name Hydrocorax Senegalensis Melanorynchos. Although Brisson coined Latin names, these do not conform to the binomial system and are not recognized by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. When in 1766 the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus updated his Systema Naturae for the twelfth edition he added 240 species that had been previously described by Brisson in his Ornithologie. Linnaeus included a terse description of the African grey hornbill, placed... Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Accra | 🇬🇭 Ghana | |
| 2 | Maiduguri | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | |
| 3 | Serrekunda | 🇬🇲 Gambia | |
| 4 | Ouagadougou | 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso | |
| 5 | Lomé | 🇹🇬 Togo | |
| 6 | Pretoria | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 7 | Abuja | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | |
| 8 | Lagos | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | |
| 9 | Johannesburg | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 10 | Dakar | 🇸🇳 Senegal |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antwerp Zoo | 🇧🇪 Belgium | |
| 2 | Liberec Zoo | 🇨🇿 Czechia | |
| 3 | Parc des oiseaux | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 4 | Wrocław Zoological Garden | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 5 | Attica Zoological Park | 🇬🇷 Greece | |
| 6 | Bird Paradise | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 7 | Rainforest Wild Asia | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 8 | Reserva Zoológica Oasys MiniHollywood | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 9 | Las Águilas Jungle Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 10 | African Dawn Bird and Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 11 | World of Birds Wildlife Sanctuary and Monkey Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 12 | Montecasino Bird Gardens | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 13 | Zoo Lagos | 🇵🇹 Portugal | |
| 14 | Africarium | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 15 | Aquatopia | 🇧🇪 Belgium | |
| 16 | terrarium ogrodu zoologicznego we Wrocławiu | 🇵🇱 Poland |
Likely
About 50% of wildlife watchers report an African Grey Hornbill sighting in Awash National Park on a given day, based on 82 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 6th most-seen of the 217 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April
In that month about 80% of wildlife watchers report an African Grey Hornbill in Awash National Park on a given day, against about 40% in June and November, the lowest months. That is one of Awash National Park's wettest months, with about 75 mm of rain against 10 mm in January. February–March, May and September have too few records to rate.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most African Grey Hornbill sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
5th of 41
Of the 41 parks where we can rate African Grey Hornbill sightings, Awash National Park ranks 5th at about 50%. The best odds are in Waterberg Plateau Park (Namibia, about 70%), Kidepo Valley National Park (Uganda, about 70%) and Murchison Falls National Park (Uganda, about 70%). All parks ranked.
Same family: Bucerotidae
The closest relatives of the African Grey Hornbill that you can see in Awash National Park (family Bucerotidae, Hornbills) are Northern Red-billed Hornbill (about 40%), Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill (about 20%) and Von der Decken's Hornbill (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the African Grey Hornbill is recorded against all the birds logged in Awash National Park (82 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
