Red-billed Oxpecker

Oxpeckers / Red-billed Oxpecker

Buphagus erythrorhynchus

The red-billed oxpecker is a passerine bird in the myna and starling family and is a fairly common sighting in southern Africa, where it spends much of its time feeding on the backs of wild and domesticated mammals.

We first recorded this species in April 2010 while at Mkhuze Private Game Reserve in northern KZN.


Red-billed Oxpecker / Tala Game Reserve, KZN, South Africa / June 2021 Red-billed Oxpecker / Mkhuze Game Reserve, KZN, South Africa / April 2019 Redbilled Oxpecker_Kgomo Kgomo, South Africa_16 February 2014 BL Red-billed Oxpecker / Tala Game Reserve, KZN, South Africa / June 2021 Red-billed Oxpecker / Southern Kruger National Park, South Africa / November 2018 Red-billed Oxpecker / Borakalalo National Park, South-Africa / 24 October 2014 Red-billed Oxpecker / Southern Kruger National Park, South Africa / November 2018 Red-billed Oxpecker / Kololo Game Reserve, South Africa / 23 November 2013 Red-billed Oxpecker / Zaagkuildrift to Kgomo Kgomo / 19 Feburary 2011 Red-billed Oxpecker – adult & juvenile / Northern Kruger National Park, South Africa
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