Southern ground hornbill
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| phylum | Chordata | The southern ground hornbill(Bucorvus leadbeateri; formerly known as Bucorvus cafer), is one of two species of ground hornbilland is the largest species of hornbill. The other species of the genus Bucorvusis the Abyssinian ground hornbill, B. abyssinicus. This is a large bird, at 90 to 129 centimetres (35.4 to 50.8 in) long. Females weigh 2.2 to 4.6 kilograms (4.9 to 10.1 lb), while the larger males weigh 3.5 to 6.2 kilograms (7.7 to 13.7 lb).
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| clade | Diapsida | |
| Class | Aves | |
| order | Coraciiformes | |
| family | Bucorvidae | |
| genus | Bucorvus | |
| species | B. leadbeateri |
