Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Starlings :: Yellow-billed Oxpecker

Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus

Described by: Linnaeus (1766)
Alternate common name(s): Tickbird
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Zimbabwe - Aug, 1999 © Giuliano Gerra and Silvio Sommazzi  Kruger National Park, South Africa - Jul, 2008 © Jean-Philippe Paris  Serengeti National Park, Tanzania - Mar 13, 2001 © Jim Wilson  Serengeti National Park, Tanzania - Mar 13, 2001 © Jim Wilson  Serengeti National Park, Tanzania - Mar 13, 2001 © Jim Wilson 
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Range

Africa s. of the Sahara;
(1) S. Mauritania, Senegambia s. Mali, s. Niger, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Zaire, Central African Republic, s. Chad, s. Sudan, sw. Ethiopia, Eritrea s. in Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi to s. Angola, ne. Namibia, n. Botswana, sw. Mozambique, and ne. South Africa (Natal).
(2) Gabon and w. Congo.

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

No sounds are available for this species

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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