Red-billed Hornbill
South Africa has some amazing birds. In Ngala Game Reserve in Kruger National Park, Red-billed Hornbills are abundant. They are rather large birds (up to 24 inches) easily identifiable by its large downward curved bill. Some of you, especially those of you with children might recognize this bird as Zazu from the Lion King movie.
They feed in insects, fruit and seeds mainly. The Red-billed Hornbill below was foraging in the grass for worms. Between game drives I would relax at camp watching these Hornbills feed on the lawn in front of me. I was so ecstatic that they were not skittish. Not pictured here was the family of Warthogs that were sharing the lawn area at camp.
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