Tockus damarensis
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
The Damara red-billed hornbill (Tockus damarensis) is a species of hornbill in the family Bucerotidae. It is found in southwest Angola and northern Namibia. All five red-billed hornbills were formerly considered conspecific.
Damara red-billed hornbills are small species of African hornbills. They have curved dark to bright red bills with their nostrils on the upper beak close to their eyes. Their heads are covered in greyish-white feathers with dark grey feathers running along the back of their heads and upper half of the neck. Like all red-billed hornbills, Damara red-billed hornbills have wings covered in circles of white feathers surrounded by black or dark brown feathers. Their tail feathers are black on the exterior and white on the interior and their legs are short and grey with small semi-sharp claws at the end. Their bellies are usually greyish white but can also be pure white.
Damara red-billed hornbills can be found in southwestern Angola and northern Namibia. They can be found nesting or resting in local trees in grasslands or savannahs. Kemp, A.C. and W. Delport. 2002. Comments on the status of subspecies in the red... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Etosha National Park | 🇳🇦 Namibia | |
| 2 | Waterberg Plateau Park | 🇳🇦 Namibia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Damara Red-billed Hornbill sighting in Waterberg Plateau Park on a given day, based on 20 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 74th most-seen of the 118 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Damara Red-billed Hornbill in Waterberg Plateau Park on a given day, against about 10% in May, July and September–March, the lowest months. That is one of Waterberg Plateau Park's driest months, with almost no rain against 110 mm in January. April and June have too few records to rate.
Between 4 and 7 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Damara Red-billed Hornbill sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 2
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Damara Red-billed Hornbill sightings, Waterberg Plateau Park ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Etosha National Park (Namibia, about 20%).
Same genus: Tockus
The closest relatives of the Damara Red-billed Hornbill that you can see in Waterberg Plateau Park (genus Tockus, Red-billed and Yellow-billed Hornbills) are Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill (about 50%), Monteiro's Hornbill (about 10%) and Southern Red-billed Hornbill (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Damara Red-billed Hornbill is recorded against all the birds logged in Waterberg Plateau Park (20 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.
