Silvery-cheeked Hornbill

Where to see

Silvery-cheeked Hornbill

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Lake Manyara National Park leads · 4 parks ranked by real sighting rates

Parks Ranked

Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Silvery-cheeked Hornbill during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)

#ParkCountrySighting
1 Lake Manyara National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~60%
2 Arusha National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~40%
3 Aberdare National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
~30%
4 Mkomazi National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~20%

Before you go

Which is the best park to see a Silvery-cheeked Hornbill?

Lake Manyara National Park

In Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania, about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Silvery-cheeked Hornbill sighting on a given day, the highest of the 4 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see a Silvery-cheeked Hornbill?

It depends on the park

In the top parks, the best months are January, May–June and November in Lake Manyara National Park (about 70%), September and November in Arusha National Park (about 60%) and April and November in Aberdare National Park (about 50%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Silvery-cheeked Hornbill on a given day. Each park's Silvery-cheeked Hornbill page has the full month-by-month chart.