Red-billed oxpecker
| Red-billed oxpecker | |
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| 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 | |
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Buphagus erythrorhynchus | |
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.