Flickr group: pic of the day – southern yellow-billed hornbill Jun 5 2008
Southern yellow-billed hornbills (Tockus leucomelas) are medium-sized birds, with distinctive large yellow bills and red skin around their eyes.
Their diet consists of seeds, small insects, spiders and scorpions, which they forage from the ground. According to the World Conservation Union, they are native to Angola, Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
This photo was taken by our Earth-Touch Flickr group member Ian Baxter (AKA Mozambique-Moments), using a Panasonic Lumix FZ 20, at Nkulu picnic site in the Kruger National Park, South Africa.
It is our Earth-Touch Flickr group “picture of the day”.
Image © Ian Baxter / Mozambique-Moments 2008
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Mr Ian Baxter
This is a special moment to see your photo on this site. Never heard of it before. This is a beautiful photo and the color is just perfect. Love to see more of thisRus
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This is really great Ian. Just trying to see if it works
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