| Southern yellow-billed hornbill | |
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| Adult male of the nominate race in Mapungubwe N. P., South Africa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Bucerotiformes |
| Family: | Bucerotidae |
| Genus: | Tockus |
| Species: | T. leucomelas
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| Binomial name | |
| Tockus leucomelas (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1842)
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| resident range | |
The southern yellow-billed hornbill (Tockus leucomelas) is a hornbill found in southern Africa. Yellow-billed hornbills feed mainly on the ground, where they forage for seeds, small insects, spiders and scorpions. This hornbill species is a common and widespread resident of dry thornveldt and broad-leafed woodlands. They can often be seen along roads and water courses.
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Tockus leucomelas". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22682384A92942849. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22682384A92942849.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.