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Hornbills Lose Ground
...This is in line with the new National Environmental Management Biodiversity Act.The Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT) Ground Hornbill Working Group also pointed out that the declining ground hornbill population could be a sign of another problem...English
Southern Ground Hornbill, African Penguin and Ludwigs Bustard Move Closer to Extinction
...Southern Ground Hornbill, African Penguin and Ludwigs Bustard Move Closer to ExtinctionSouthern Ground Hornbill, African Penguin and Ludwigs Bustard Move Closer to ExtinctionAn update of the three South African flagship bird species that are moving closer..English
Few Ground Hornbill Chicks Found in Kruger This Year
...Few Ground Hornbill Chicks Found in Kruger This YearFew Ground Hornbill Chicks Found in Kruger This Year Out of 39 currently known southern ground hornbill nests in the Kruger National Park (KNP), only seven live chicks were found when the nests were..English
Visitors Help Save The Southern Ground Hornbill
...Visitors Help Save The Southern Ground HornbillVisitors Help Save The Southern Ground HornbillThe Kruger National Park (KNP) and the Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT) have been surveying Kruger's southern ground hornbill population and removing some of..English
Ground Hornbill Capture Methods Investigated
...Ground Hornbill Capture Methods InvestigatedGround Hornbill Capture Methods InvestigatedWorking with the University of Cape Town's Percy Fitzpatrick Institute, Sieglinde Rode has managed to catch two adult male ground hornbills in a trap...English
Help Find Ground Hornbill Nests
...Help Find Ground Hornbill NestsHelp Find Ground Hornbill NestsIf you venture out for a game drive early in the morning, you might be lucky enough to hear the haunting sounds of southern ground hornbill, as the male and female duet...English
Ground Hornbill Conservationists Prioritise Future Work
...Ground Hornbill Conservationists Prioritise Future WorkGround Hornbill Conservationists Prioritise Future WorkThe Endangered Wildlife Trust's Ground Hornbill Working Group formed a plan of action at their recent Population and Habitat Viability Assessment..English
Artificial Nests Popular With Hornbills
...Over the last ground hornbill breeding season 11 of 26 known nests were occupied by ground hornbills...English
Limpopo Atlas Of Rare Birds Being Compiled
...The big six birds are all readily recognised and include the lappet faced vulture, martial eagle, saddle billed stork, kori bustard, ground hornbill and Pel's fishing owl
Of these, the most elusive is Pel's fishing owl, being a nocturnal..English
Have You Spotted the Big Six Birds
...The birds are all readily recognised and include the lappet faced vulture, martial eagle, saddle billed stork, kori bustard, ground hornbill and Pel's fishing owl...English
Of Bills and Beaks
...Next time you see a yellow-billed hornbill try and estimate how long it has been around - probably not more than 15 years...English
How Many Animals Are There in Kruger's Mozambican Counterpart
...The team recorded 14 groups of ground hornbill with a total number of 50 individual birds on record. Different from Kruger, many villages are situated inside the LNP, often on the banks of the main rivers...English
Birders Go Big To Conserve Environment
...At the same time GPS co-ordinates of vulnerable species on the Red Data List, such as the Southern Ground Hornbill and Secretary Bird are recorded...English
Birdlife
...About 20 days after the first egg has hatched, the female breaks out and the chicks reseal the nest without any help from the parents.Ground HornbillThe Ground Hornbill is an intriguing and rare bird that weighs up to four kilograms...English
Enviro Perspectives on Noise
...Many motor vehicles sound like a mobile deep bass, and at a great distance replace the fast vanishing call of the ground hornbill. This selfishness and greed has no place in the natural order of the 'veld'...English
Activities at Punda Maria Rest Camp
...On a good day one could record several of the following 'specials': White-breasted cuckoo shrike, crowned hornbill, chestnut bellied (greyhooded) kingfisher, crested guineafowl, gorgeous bush shrike, cape parrot, African and European golden oriole (both..English
African Birds In Trouble
...Recent South African species listings include the grey crowned crane and black crowned crane uplisted to vulnerable, the African penguin from vulnerable to endangered and the southern ground hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri upgraded from vulnerable to endangered..English
Mountain Ground Squirrel
...Mountain Ground SquirrelMountain Ground SquirrelNameMountain Ground Squirrel [Xerus princeps]AppearanceThe Mountain Ground Squirrel has previously been considered as a subspecies of the Cape Ground Squirrel, but has since been recognised as a species..English
Game Drive Routes Around Mopani
...Then, without warning, it leapt out of cover and pulled Botha to the ground. Ranger William Ndobe remembers Botha screaming: "Shoot, shoot, shoot!..English
Cape Ground Squirrel
...Cape Ground SquirrelCape Ground SquirrelNameCape Ground Squirrel [Xerus inauris]AppearanceThe Cape Ground Squirrel is a rodent endemic to South Africa. It measures 450 mm in length and weighs up to 1 kg...English
Game Drive Around the Pafuri Area
...Among the rarer birds that may be seen at Pafuri and along the Luvuvhu River (right), are the thick-billed cuckoo, racket-tailed roller, Narina trogon and trumpeter hornbill...English
Kruger Elephants Head for Zululand Rhino Reserve
...As each elephant went to the ground, the ground crew moved in swiftly to secure its airways where needed. Both bulls' tusks and trunks were measured and blood samples drawn...English
Saddle Billed Stork Survey Underway
...The survey also included recording other raptors and nests, storks and ground hornbills, specifically any evidence of nesting behaviour from the ground hornbills...English
