southern red-billed hornbill (tockus rufirostris) perched on a tree : (pix sanjiv shukla)

southern red-billed hornbill tockus rufirostris family bucerotidae savanna dryer bushland africa arid woodland namibia male long tail larger heavier longer curved red bill casque yellow iris pale orbital skin pink greyish blackish plumage throat white wing covert spotted call malawi zambia angola botswana zimbabwe south mozambique egg tree hole nest plaster mud dropping entrance sealed excreta fruit pulp small vertical slit feeds female omnivorous insect seed rodent feed ground flock