Red-billed oxpecker / Rotschnabel-Madenhacker (Buphagus erythrorhynchus)

Red-billed oxpeckers riding a number of zebras - apparently there are yellow-billed ones too, the ID isn't 100% certain. 2016-09-24 17:20:16 Botswana

Observations

Only documented observation: 2016-09-24

Description

Classification: Genus Buphagus (Buphagus); Family Starlings (Sturnidae)
General: The red-billed oxpecker (Buphagus erythrorhynchus) is a passerine bird in the oxpecker family, Buphagidae; It is native to the savannah of sub-Saharan Africa, from the Central African Republic east to South Sudan and south to northern and eastern South Africa. Its range overlaps that of the less widespread yellow-billed oxpecker. [more]

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