Red-billed Oxpecker
Buphagus erythroryncha(Stanley, ES, 1814)
English (US) Red-billed Oxpecker
The Red-billed Oxpecker (Buphagus erythroryncha) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Buphagidae (Oxpeckers) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: savanna of eastern and southern AfricaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Buphagus erythroryncha
- Family
- Buphagidae (Oxpeckers)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Red-billed Oxpecker
- Described by
- (Stanley, ES, 1814)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Tanagra erythroryncha
- Described by
- (Stanley, ES, 1814)
- Type locality
- Ethiopia.
- Original description
- A voyage to Abyssinia, and travels into the interior of that country, executed under the orders of the British government, in the years 1809 and 1810 (etc.) App.iv p.lix
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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