Red-billed oxpecker

The red-billed oxpecker (Buphagus erythrorynchus) is a Mutualistic 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.

Red-billed oxpecker
Adult at nest entrance
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Buphagidae
Genus: Buphagus
Species:
B. erythrorynchus
Binomial name
Buphagus erythrorynchus
(Stanley, 1814)
Range
Synonyms

Buphagus erythrorhynchus

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