Southern Ground Hornbill (Bucorvus leadbeateri) Fact Sheet: Distribution & Habitat

Southern Africa (from BirdLife International 2012 unless otherwise noted)

• Northern-most populations in Kenya
  • Southwest through Burundi to Angola and Northern Namibia
  • South through Botswana and into eastern South Africa
• Southern-most populations in Eastern Cape, South Africa (Hulley and Craig 2007)

Native countries (from BirdLife International 2012 unless otherwise noted)

• East Africa
  • Burundi, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, United Republic of Tanzania, Uganda, and Zimbabwe
• Central Africa
  • Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Southern Africa
  • Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, and Swaziland

Sympatric with the Northern Ground Hornbill

• Small regional overlap in southern Kenya (Kemp and Boesman 2001)

Woodland and savanna (from BirdLife International 2012 unless otherwise noted)

• Frequents adjoining grasslands

Elevation range

• 0-3,000 m (0-9,843 ft) (BirdLife International 2012)

Adapted from www-d.-maps.com according to IUCN fact sheet . Click here or on map for detailed distribution (IUCN).

BirdLife International (2012)
Hulley and Craig (2007)
Kemp and Boesman (2001)