Oxpeckers (Buphagidae)
Yellow-billed Oxpecker (Buphagus africanus) - HBW 14, p. 653
French: Piqueboeuf à bec jaune
German: Gelbschnabel-Madenhacker
Spanish: Picabueyes Piquigualdo
Other common names: Tickbird
Taxonomy: Buphaga africana Linnaeus, 1766, Senegal.
Hybrids with B. erythrorhynchus recorded in Zimbabwe. Proposed races megarhynchus (described from L Kivu, in E DRCongo) and somewhat larger haematophagus (from Andara, on R Okavango, in NE Namibia) synonymized with nominate. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- africanus Linnaeus, 1766 - SW Mauritania and Senegal E to W, S & E Sudan, NW Ethiopia and W Eritrea, also locally SW Angola (S from Huíla) and N & NE Namibia and, in E, very locally from Uganda and Kenya S to Zambia, Malawi, N Botswana, Zimbabwe, C Mozambique and NE South Africa.
- langi Chapin, 1921 - Congo Basin in Gabon, PRCongo, W DRCongo, and W Angola (S to Benguela).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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perching Locality Mandinaba, Western Division, The Gambia (ssp africanus)
Daniêl Jimenez 24 December 2011 1 year ago 1 min 51 sec 4.7 -
A bird on top of a cow Locality Fathala Forest, Sine Saloum Delta, Fatick Region, Senegal
Juan Sanabria 1 January 2009 3 years ago 25 sec 4.6 -
A bird and then another one on the back of a buffalo Locality Kazinga Channel, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda (ssp africanus)
Josep del Hoyo 4 September 2006 6 years ago 31 sec 4.5 -
a few birds together Locality Mandinaba, Western Division, The Gambia (ssp africanus)
Daniêl Jimenez 24 December 2011 1 year ago 39 sec 4.2 -
Several birds on buffaloes Locality Amboseli National Park, Kenya (ssp africanus)
Josep del Hoyo 18 August 2000 6 years ago 46 sec 4.2 -
Two birds feeding on the parasites of a buffalo Locality Samburu-Buffalo Springs National Reserves, Kenya (ssp africanus)
Rigdon Currie 31 December 2002 5 years ago 20 sec 4.2
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Adult group of Yellow-billed Oxpeckers.
Locality Tendaba, Lower River Division , The Gambia (ssp africanus)
Steve Garvie 13 October 2008 3 years ago 4.7 -
A feeding adult Yellow-billed Oxpecker.These birds use a scissoring action to "comb" through the fur of their hosts to remove ti
Locality Tendaba, Lower River Division , The Gambia (ssp africanus)
Steve Garvie 13 October 2008 3 years ago 4.5 -
Adult
Locality Tendaba Airfield, Tendaba, Lower River Division , The Gambia
Paul Cools 3 February 2012 24 weeks ago 4.3 -
This donkey really seems to get tired by that !
Locality Senegal
ANTHONY VILLAUME 1 November 2009 22 weeks ago 4.1 -
A group cleaning a common giraffe.
Locality Okavango Delta, North-West District, Botswana (ssp africanus)
Ken Havard 17 April 2013 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4 -
with a Thornicroft's giraffe
Locality South Luangwa National Park, Zambia
Marco Valentini 30 August 2011 1 year ago 4
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Near kanniedood Hide, south of Shingwedzi Camp. 5:49am. Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa
(ssp africanus)
Charles Hesse 24 December 2009 3 years ago 3
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