An unusual romance between our Southern ground hornbills
In the wild, the romance between two Southern ground hornbills involves a quick courtship. The male almost immediately chooses his mate for life, and lavishes her with gifts until she…
HESC’S SOUTHERN GROUND HORNBILLS RECEIVE A NEW NEST
We are lucky enough to get to take care of a breeding pair of southern ground hornbills. These birds are endangered, and so in an effort to increase the species…
Kapama the Ground Hornbill, and The Southern Ground-hornbill Action Group Release Programme
Over the course of 2014, a wild female southern ground-hornbill was spotted at HESC courting our resident male in the aviary. This wild female had managed to catch the attention…