LEAST CONCERN

AFRICAN GREY HORNBILL

LOPHOCEROS NASUTUS

African Grey Hornbills are often found in wooded savannas and are known for their social behavior and vocalizations. Their diet mainly consists of fruits, insects, and small animals, which makes them essential for seed dispersal in their ecosystems.

HABITAT

African grey hornbills thrives in diverse, open wooded habitats across sub-Saharan Africa, including savannah, woodland, thornveld, and riverine forests.

DIET

Grey Hornbills are an omnivores that forages in trees and on the ground for insects, fruits, seeds, and small vertebrates like lizards or bird nestlings

BEHAVIOUR

Nesting hornbills are monogamous. The female seals herself inside a tree cavity to protect eggs from predators. Using mud, droppings, fruit pulp and saliva, she closes the entrance, leaving only a narrow slit. The male feeds her and the chicks through this gap while she incubates the eggs and rears the chicks.

THREATS

African grey hornbills are Least Concern on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species.

Although classified as Least Concern, they face long-term risks from habitat loss, deforestation, and climate change