A curious southern ground hornbill didn’t take too kindly to a camera installed by the Associated Private Nature Reserves (APNR) Southern Ground Hornbill Project, which is dedicated to researching and conserving the birds in the Greater Kruger region.

In a video sent to Latest Sightings by project member Kyle-Mark Middleton, two southern ground hornbills appear to be making a nest.

They make their nests in cavities they find in tree trunks or rock faces.

While the nesting site in the video, although artificial, is an ideal place to call home, one of the birds didn’t like the research camera perched nearby.

“Southern ground hornbills can be very territorial, and perhaps they just didn’t want this camera in their area,” says the Latest Sightings article.

“Both of these hornbills appear to be males (from the red colouration of their throat), which means it’s likely they’re both helpers, which have the role of helping the dominant male raise the young and keep their territory intact.”

There are two species of ground hornbill – the northern (or Abyssinian) and the slightly larger southern – both of which are found in Africa.