Being Green

The Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill, whic is endemic to the dry savannas of Southern Africa, was last evaluated by the International Union for Conservation of Nature or IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as of Least Concern. This despite the fact that the population appears to be decreasing. But a recent study at the University of Cape Town into the effect of climate change on their breeding success in the Kalahari Desert found that they could be wiped out by 2027. In this week’s edition of Being Green, Glynis Crook speaks to Nicholas Pattinson, one of the researchers at UCT’s FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology.