Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill (Tockus flavirostris).

Photo@Peter Cavanagh

Yellow-billed is a species of hornbill found in Eastern Africa, preferring dry and semi-arid areas like savannahs and shrublands,and forages on the ground for seeds,insects,and small animals.

They are usually found in resident pairs or small family flocks, often follow groups of Dwarf Mongooses in search of prey and in returned,the hornbill provides security to the mongoose by sounding an alarm when a predator approaches a feeding party of Dwarf Mongooses.

This hornbill exhibit Sexual dimorphisms where males have a larger bill and pinkish bare skin on the throat; females have a smaller bill and black bare skin.