Where to see
Bycanistes bucinator
uMkhuze Game Reserve leads · 10 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Trumpeter Hornbill during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | uMkhuze Game Reserve | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Kafue National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 4 | Lower Zambezi National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 5 | Mana Pools National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 6 | Liwonde National Park | 🇲🇼 Malawi | |
| 7 | Meru National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 8 | Gonarezhou National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 9 | Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 10 | Gorongosa National Park | 🇲🇿 Mozambique |
uMkhuze Game Reserve
In uMkhuze Game Reserve, South Africa, about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Trumpeter Hornbill sighting on a given day, the highest of the 10 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
iSimangaliso Wetland Park and more
After uMkhuze Game Reserve, the next-best odds of seeing a Trumpeter Hornbill are in iSimangaliso Wetland Park (South Africa, about 40%), Kafue National Park (Zambia, about 40%) and Lower Zambezi National Park (Zambia, about 30%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are November in uMkhuze Game Reserve (about 80%), May in iSimangaliso Wetland Park (about 60%) and August in Kafue National Park (about 60%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Trumpeter Hornbill on a given day. Each park's Trumpeter Hornbill page has the full month-by-month chart.
