Southern Ground-Hornbill Bromvoël
Bucorvus leadbeateri · Hornbills
- Seen
- Saturday 3 October 2026, 09:54
- Where
- Kruger National Park, Limpopo, South Africa
- Bird
- male, likely subadult/young adult (brownish wash to body)
- Camera
- Canon EOS R7, EF500mm f/4L IS USM · 500 mm · f/4 · 1/5000 s · ISO 800
- Large all-black terrestrial hornbill with heavy decurved bill and casque
- Bare facial skin and inflated throat pouch entirely red (no blue patch = male)
- Long legs, walking on open short grass
- White primaries hidden when wings closed