Hornbills

Trumpeter Hornbill

Bycanistes bucinator

The Trumpeter Hornbill (Bycanistes bucinator) is a 639 g forest bird that eats mostly fruit. It stays put all year.

Family

Hornbills

Order

Bucerotiformes

Weight

639 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Fruit and nectar

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

12

Recorded in South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Malawi, Namibia, eSwatini, Botswana, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Where to see it: Zambezi River near Victoria Falls (Zimbabwe side) (Zimbabwe); Majete Game Reserve (Malawi); Kadiki, Livingstone (Zambia); Zambezi river cruise (ZW side) (Zimbabwe); Kumbira Forest Reserve (Angola).

Photo: (c) Presha Soogrim, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist