Southern Ground-Hornbill

Where to see

Southern Ground-Hornbill

Bucorvus leadbeateri

Gonarezhou National Park leads · 18 parks ranked by real sighting rates

Parks Ranked

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

#ParkCountrySighting
1 Gonarezhou National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
~50%
2 Lower Zambezi National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
~40%
3 Mana Pools National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
~40%
4 Kafue National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
~40%
5 Selous Game Reserve 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~40%
6 Liwonde National Park 🇲🇼 Malawi
~40%
7 Lake Manyara National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~40%
8 Tarangire National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~40%
9 Mikumi National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~40%
10 South Luangwa National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
~30%
11 Hwange National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
~30%
12 Ruaha National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~30%
13 Gorongosa National Park 🇲🇿 Mozambique
~30%
14 Moremi Game Reserve 🇧🇼 Botswana
~30%
15 Masai Mara National Reserve 🇰🇪 Kenya
~30%
16 Kruger National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~30%
17 Mkomazi National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~20%
18 Tsavo East National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
~20%

Before you go

Which is the best park to see a Southern Ground-Hornbill?

Gonarezhou National Park

In Gonarezhou National Park, Zimbabwe, about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Southern Ground-Hornbill sighting on a given day, the highest of the 18 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see a Southern Ground-Hornbill?

It depends on the park

In the top parks, the best months are February and September–October in Gonarezhou National Park (about 60%), July in Lower Zambezi National Park (about 60%) and May–July and September–October in Mana Pools National Park (about 50%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Southern Ground-Hornbill on a given day. Each park's Southern Ground-Hornbill page has the full month-by-month chart.