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title: "Southern Red-billed Hornbill"
description: "Tockus rufirostris — Birds. The southern red-billed hornbill (Tockus rufirostris) is a species of hornbill in the family Bucerotidae, which is native to the savannas and dryer bushlands of southern Africa."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/southern-red-billed-hornbill
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Southern Red-billed Hornbill

> Tockus rufirostris — Birds. The southern red-billed hornbill (Tockus rufirostris) is a species of hornbill in the family Bucerotidae, which is native to the savannas and dryer bushlands of southern Africa.

- Scientific name: *Tockus rufirostris*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Savanna)
- iNaturalist observations: 3471
- Wikidata: [Q2933618](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2933618)
- iNaturalist taxon: [144663](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/144663)

## Names

- en: Southern Red-billed Hornbill
- de: Südlicher Rotschnabeltoko
- es: Toco Piquirrojo Sureño
- fr: Calao d'Afrique du Sud
- nl: Zuidelijke roodsnaveltok
- pl: Toko buszmeński

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (1924), BW (700), NA (241), ZM (199), ZW (171), MW (63), MZ (11)

## Summary

The southern red-billed hornbill (Tockus rufirostris) is a species of hornbill in the family Bucerotidae, which is native to the savannas and dryer bushlands of southern Africa. It is replaced by a near-relative, the Damara red-billed hornbill, in the arid woodlands of western Namibia. All five red-billed hornbills were formerly considered conspecific.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_red-billed_hornbill

## Photo

![Southern Red-billed Hornbill](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/southern-red-billed-hornbill/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/66831882

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/southern-red-billed-hornbill?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).