Africa Matters

The beauty of hornbill’s family in the savannah of Africa

SCIENTISTS say hornbills are a family of birds found in tropical and subtropical Africa, they are characterised by a long, down-curved bill which is frequently brightly coloured and sometimes has a casque on the upper mandible. Hornbills are the only birds in which the first and second neck vertebrae are fused together, probably providing a more stable platform for…

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