Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill

Where to see

Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill

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Gonarezhou National Park leads · 10 parks ranked by real sighting rates

Parks Ranked

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

#ParkCountrySighting
1 Gonarezhou National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
~70%
2 Hwange National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
~60%
3 Kruger National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~60%
4 Etosha National Park 🇳🇦 Namibia
~60%
5 Waterberg Plateau Park 🇳🇦 Namibia
~50%
6 Pilanesberg National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~40%
7 Moremi Game Reserve 🇧🇼 Botswana
~30%
8 Chobe National Park 🇧🇼 Botswana
~20%
9 Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~20%
10 uMkhuze Game Reserve 🇿🇦 South Africa
~20%

Before you go

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

Gonarezhou National Park

In Gonarezhou National Park, Zimbabwe, about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill sighting on a given day, the highest of the 10 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.

Where else can you see a Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill?

Hwange National Park and more

After Gonarezhou National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill are in Hwange National Park (Zimbabwe, about 60%), Kruger National Park (South Africa, about 60%) and Etosha National Park (Namibia, about 60%).

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

It depends on the park

In the top parks, the best months are September in Gonarezhou National Park (about 80%), July, October and December–January in Hwange National Park (about 70%) and October in Kruger National Park (about 70%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill on a given day. Each park's Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill page has the full month-by-month chart.