Yellow-billed Oxpecker

Buphagus africanus

Least Concern

The Yellow-billed Oxpecker is a African savanna bird that feeds on ticks and insects around large mammals in sub-Saharan Africa. It is generally resident, using local habitat year-round while shifting within its range as food and cover change. Fun fact: this batch connects several unusual songbird lineages, from cliff-nesting rockfowl to wetland donacobius and oxpeckers that forage on large mammals.

Family
Buphagidae
Range
Yellow-billed Oxpecker Range — Resident range in sub-Saharan Africa
Population
≈ Unknown
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