Yellow-billed oxpecker
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The yellow-billed oxpecker (Buphagus africanus) is a passerine bird in the family Buphagidae. It was previously placed in the starling and myna family, Sturnidae.
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Yellow-billed oxpecker | |
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Adult in typical feeding mode | |
On a zebra, Senegal | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Buphagidae |
Genus: | Buphagus |
Species: | B. africanus |
Binomial name | |
Buphagus africanus Linnaeus, 1766 | |
Range of the yellow-billed oxpecker | |
Synonyms | |
Buphaga africana Linnaeus, 1766 |
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It is native to the savannah of Sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal east to Sudan. It is least common in the extreme east of its range where it overlaps with the red-billed oxpecker, despite always dominating that species when feeding.