Red-billed Oxpecker
Buphagus erythroryncha
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 3,639
- Most observed in
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
Description
The red-billed oxpecker (Buphagus erythrorynchus) is a passerine bird in the oxpecker family, Buphagidae. It is native to the eastern savannah of sub-Saharan Africa, from the Central African Republic east to South Sudan and south to northern and eastern South Africa. It is more widespread than the yellow-billed oxpecker in Southern Africa, where their ranges overlap.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Red-billed oxpecker”.