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Yellow-billed Oxpecker

Buphagus africanus
Family
Oxpeckers
Order
Passeriformes
Codes
yeboxp1, YBOX
Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderPasseriformes
FamilyOxpeckers (Buphagidae)
SpeciesBuphagus africanus
Codesyeboxp1, YBOX
Identification

The Yellow-billed Oxpecker (Buphagus africanus) is a member of the Oxpeckers family within the order Passeriformes. This species is classified in the eBird taxonomy maintained by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Use the eBird species code yeboxp1 when logging sightings in eBird or other citizen science platforms.

Related Species in Oxpeckers
Red-billed Oxpecker
Buphagus erythroryncha
Yellow-billed Oxpecker photo
(c) Derek Keats, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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Quick Facts

Scientific Name: Buphagus africanus

Family: Oxpeckers

Order: Passeriformes

eBird Code: yeboxp1