The Yellow-billed Hornbill in Kruger National Park

<p><strong>The southern yellow-billed hornbill (<em>Tockus leucomelas</em>) is the most familiar bird in the Greater Kruger.</strong> Visible at every rest camp, ubiquitous along roadsides, and famous globally as the inspiration (almost) for Zazu in The Lion King. Worth more attention than first-time visitors give it — the breeding biology alone is one of the strangest in the bird world.</p>