Southern Ground Hornbill
Bucorvus leadbeateri
| Size: | Up to 129 cm long |
| Habitat: | Forest, woodland and savanna |
| Feeding: | Reptiles, insects and small mammals |
The Southern Ground Hornbill looks rather like a turkey but with black plummage, a red face and red wattles on the throat. The female (the bird on the left of the pair) has a patch of blue in the centre of the throat wattle.
This is the largest species of Hornbill.
These photos were taken in the Masai Mara, Kenya.
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