bird · Bucerotiformes · Phoeniculidae
Common Scimitarbill
Rhinopomastus cyanomelas (Vieillot, 1819) — also called Common Scimitar-bill, Scimitarbill, COSC. Occurrence records of the Common Scimitarbill are shared on GBIF from around 54 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all uMkhuze Game Reserve (1 734 records), in 8 provinces.
IUCN: Least concern
54reserves with records
6 369records around them
8provinces
LCIUCN category
Where it is recorded
| Reserve | Province | Records |
|---|---|---|
| uMkhuze Game ReserveGame reserve | KZN KwaZulu-Natal | 1 734 |
| Tswalu Kalahari ReserveGame reserve | NC Northern Cape | 700 |
| Naval Hill Nature ReserveNature reserve | FS Free State | 590 |
| Free State National Botanical GardenBotanical garden | FS Free State | 336 |
| Suikerbosrant Nature ReserveNature reserve | GP Gauteng | 307 |
| Kgalagadi Transfrontier ParkTransfrontier area | NC Northern Cape | 299 |
| Mountain Zebra National ParkNational park | EC Eastern Cape | 296 |
| Lion Sands Game ReservePrivate game reserve | MP Mpumalanga | 232 |
| Rooipoort Nature ReserveNature reserve | NC Northern Cape | 211 |
| Augrabies Falls National ParkNational park | NC Northern Cape | 204 |
| Faan Meintjes Nature ReserveNature reserve | NW North West | 190 |
| Umbabat Game ReserveNature reserve | MP Mpumalanga | 169 |
| Marrick Private Game ReservePrivate game reserve | NC Northern Cape | 165 |
| Soetdoring Nature ReserveNature reserve | FS Free State | 121 |
| Thornybush Game ReserveGame reserve | LP Limpopo | 104 |
| Idube Game ReservePrivate game reserve | MP Mpumalanga | 78 |
| Timbavati Game ReserveGame reserve | MP Mpumalanga | 71 |
| Mokala National ParkNational park | NC Northern Cape | 55 |
| Cheetah RidgeWildlife sanctuary | KZN KwaZulu-Natal | 41 |
| Wild Rivers Private Nature ReserveNature reserve | LP Limpopo | 39 |
| Manyoni Private Game ReserveGame reserve | KZN KwaZulu-Natal | 39 |
| Golela BushNature reserve | KZN KwaZulu-Natal | 38 |
| Klaserie Game ReserveGame reserve | MP Mpumalanga | 36 |
| Kapama Game ReserveProtected area | LP Limpopo | 33 |
| Madikwe Game ReserveGame reserve | NW North West | 31 |
| Sabi Sands Game ReserveNature reserve | MP Mpumalanga | 25 |
| MakulekeProtected area | LP Limpopo | 20 |
| Selati Game ReserveGame reserve | LP Limpopo | 20 |
| Manyeleti Game ReservePrivate game reserve | MP Mpumalanga | 18 |
| Tshukudu Private Game ReserveGame reserve | LP Limpopo | 17 |
| Matshakatini Nature ReserveNature reserve | LP Limpopo | 14 |
| Atherstone Nature ReserveProtected area | LP Limpopo | 12 |
| Hluhluwe–iMfolozi ParkProtected area | KZN KwaZulu-Natal | 11 |
| Magaliesberg Biosphere ReserveBiosphere reserve | GP Gauteng | 9 |
| Umfolozi Game ReserveNature reserve | KZN KwaZulu-Natal | 9 |
| Grietjie Private Nature ReservePrivate game reserve | LP Limpopo | 9 |
| Somkhanda Game ReserveGame reserve | KZN KwaZulu-Natal | 8 |
| Zingela Safari & River CompanyProtected area | KZN KwaZulu-Natal | 7 |
| Blouberg PrivaatnatuurreserweNature reserve | LP Limpopo | 7 |
| Cronje en Dogters Privaat NatuurreserweNature reserve | MP Mpumalanga | 7 |
| Lanner GorgeProtected area | LP Limpopo | 7 |
| !Khamab Kalahari ReserveGame reserve | NW North West | 6 |
| Blouberg Nature ReserveProtected area | LP Limpopo | 6 |
| Mthethomusha Game ReserveGame reserve | MP Mpumalanga | 6 |
| Pongola Game ReserveGame reserve | KZN KwaZulu-Natal | 5 |
| Percy Fyfe Nature ReserveNature reserve | LP Limpopo | 4 |
| Wentzel Private Nature ReserveNature reserve | LP Limpopo | 4 |
| Pikkie Park ConservancyPrivate game reserve | FS Free State | 4 |
| Billy Duvenhage Nature ReserveNature reserve | NC Northern Cape | 3 |
| ǀAi-ǀAis/Richtersveld Transfrontier ParkTransfrontier area | NC Northern Cape | 3 |
| The Herd ReserveNature reserve | LP Limpopo | 3 |
| KleinfonteinGame reserve | LP Limpopo | 2 |
| Sandveld Nature ReserveProtected area | FS Free State | 2 |
| Mattanu Private Game ReservePrivate game reserve | NC Northern Cape | 2 |
By province
- Limpopo
- 16 reserves
- KwaZulu-Natal
- 9 reserves
- Northern Cape
- 9 reserves
- Mpumalanga
- 9 reserves
- Free State
- 5 reserves
- North West
- 3 reserves
- Gauteng
- 2 reserves
- Eastern Cape
- 1 reserve
Taxonomy
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Bucerotiformes
- Family
- Phoeniculidae
- Scientific name
- Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- GBIF taxon
- 2498426
- Wikidata
- Q1079941
Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.