Tockus kempi
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In 3 days >90%
The western red-billed hornbill (Tockus kempi) is a species of hornbill in the family Bucerotidae. It is found from Senegal and Gambia to southern Mauritania and western Mali. There are five species of red-billed hornbills generally recognized now, but all five were once considered conspecific. Some authorities still categorize the group as Tockus erythrorhynchus with the remaining four as its subspecies
Western red-billed hornbills are small hornbills in the genus Tockus. They have curved red beaks which are more orange on the lower beak and more bright red on the upper beak, with both ending with a dark orange colour. Their heads are greyish white and have black feathers along the back of their heads and neck. They have white plumage on their faces and large dark grey eye rings. Their sclera is dark brown and their pupils are black. Their wings are like all red-billed hornbills, with large and small circles of white feathers surrounded by black feathers on the exterior and white on the upper half of the interior and black on the lower half of the interior. They have long tail feathers that are black on the exterior and a greyish white on the interior. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niokolo-Koba National Park | 🇸🇳 Senegal |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serrekunda | 🇬🇲 Gambia | |
| 2 | Dakar | 🇸🇳 Senegal |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SeaWorld Orlando | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Milwaukee County Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Chapultepec Zoo | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 4 | Tiergarten Straubing | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 5 | Paphos Zoo | 🇨🇾 Cyprus | |
| 6 | Discovery Cove | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Zoo Lagos | 🇵🇹 Portugal |
Likely
About 60% of wildlife watchers report a Western Red-billed Hornbill sighting in Niokolo-Koba National Park on a given day, based on 274 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 20th most-seen of the 215 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September
In that month about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Western Red-billed Hornbill in Niokolo-Koba National Park on a given day, against about 50% in March and November, the lowest months. That is one of Niokolo-Koba National Park's wettest months, with about 230 mm of rain against almost none in January. May–July and October have too few records to rate.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Western Red-billed Hornbill sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Niokolo-Koba National Park, in our data
Niokolo-Koba National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Western Red-billed Hornbill sightings: about 60% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Western Red-billed Hornbill is recorded against all the birds logged in Niokolo-Koba National Park (274 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.
