Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill

[birch]

Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill(Tockus leucomelas). I took this photo yesterday on an outing to Tswaing crater. We were having lunch after our walk and this mister came to see if there was any food laying about at the picnic site.

[Reigh Higgins]

Nice capture !

[einsteinsauntie]

Wow, what a bird! With a beak like that I'd be happy to send him off with something to keep him occupied. Excellent photo.

[tupe]

Nice shot of a beautiful creature.

[cfcRebel]

Nice capture birch! Beautiful hornbill !

[Leorooster]

Nice capture and beautiful bird.

[djonto]

Great shot. I've never seen one of those before. As there is no way of telling just looking at the shot, how big is the bird?

[birch]

Great shot. I've never seen one of those before. As there is no way of telling just looking at the shot, how big is the bird?

Thank you for all the comments. The hornbill is about as big as a raven in body size.

[djonto]

Thanks for that, it helps imagine the bird in 'real life'. It's a beauty

[witchy]

Thank you for all the comments. The hornbill is about as big as a raven in body size.

Wow!..It looks bigger in the picture...Impressive looking bird and great photo!

[PacAce]

Wow, great shot! Looks like a prehistoric bird of sort. :)