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Family: Bucorvidae (ground-hornbills)

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates)  > Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class: Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial vertebrates) > Tetrapoda (four-legged vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota > Reptilia (reptiles) > Romeriida > Diapsida > Archosauromorpha > Archosauria > Dinosauria (dinosaurs) > Saurischia > Theropoda (bipedal predatory dinosaurs) > Coelurosauria > Maniraptora > Aves (birds) > Order: Bucerotiformes

The family is endemic to Africa and there are two species: (1) the Northern (Abyssinian) ground-hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus, which occurs from Senegal in the west, across the Sahel to Ethiopia in the east; and (2) the Southern ground-hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri, which occurs in southern and east Africa. 

Species indigenous to southern Africa

Bucorvus leadbeateri (Southern ground-hornbill) Bucorvus leadbeateri (Southern ground-hornbill)