Scientific name: Tockus leucomelas
They have a white belly, grey neck, and black back with abundant white spots and stripes. The neck has gray spots and the chest is lightly striated with black. Southern yellow-billed hornbills have no pigmentation save for melanin, which can only produce shades of black and white.[2] The eyes are usually yellow, though brown has also been seen.The skin around the eyes and in the malar stripe is pinkish. The related eastern yellow-billed hornbill from north-eastern Africa has blackish skin around the eye. Like most other hornbills, they possess a long tail, long eyelashes, stubby legs and stubby toes. The front three toes are fused together at the base.
In southern Africa it is common in Botswana, northern Namibia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and north-eastern South Africa. It generally prefers dry, open Acacia and broad-leaved savannas, but it also occurs in many wooded vegetation types, provided they have sparse ground cover.
It eats a wide range of animals and plant products, doing most of its foraging on the ground, chasing after small animals and picking up fallen fruit. It also hawks flying insects and digs for insects, although infrequently and usually in the dry season.
