What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Southern Red-billed Hornbill been recorded?

Tockus rufirostris occurrence evidence comes from 165 records in 9 countries and territories, from 1859 to 2026. Most records come from South Africa.

Southern Red-billed Hornbill
Southern Red-billed Hornbill — Photo (display-sized rendition): Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AvesBucerotiformesBucerotidaeTockus

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

165 records across 9 countries and territories, 1859–2026.

Tockus rufirostris · GBIF taxon key 6095271

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-08-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: November.

11 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

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Peak month: November. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

18592026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Southern Red-billed Hornbill has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Southern Red-billed Hornbill. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
South Africa 63
Botswana 38
Namibia 33
Mozambique 11
Zimbabwe 8
Angola 7
Zambia 3
Malawi 1
Eswatini 1

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.