Red-billed Oxpecker
Buphagus erythrorhynchus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyBuphagidae (Oxpeckers)
- GenusBuphagus (Oxpeckers)
- SpeciesBuphagus erythrorhynchus (Red-billed Oxpecker)
Closest Relatives at Bale Mountains National Park
Abyssinian Thrush
Turdus abyssinicus
Streaky Seedeater
Crithagra striolata
Moorland Chat
Pinarochroa sordida
Tacazze Sunbird
Nectarinia tacazze
Baglafecht Weaver
Ploceus baglafecht
Abyssinian Siskin
Serinus nigriceps
Abyssinian Catbird
Parophasma galinieri
Thekla Lark
Galerida theklae
Ethiopian Cisticola
Cisticola lugubris
Brown Woodland-Warbler
Phylloscopus umbrovirens
Heuglin's White-eye
Zosterops poliogastrus
Brown-rumped Seedeater
Crithagra tristriata
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Red-billed Oxpecker in Bale Mountains National Park?
About 7% of visitor-days record a Red-billed Oxpecker sighting in Bale Mountains National Park, based on 11 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Red-billed Oxpecker in Bale Mountains National Park?
July has the highest sighting rate for Red-billed Oxpecker in Bale Mountains National Park in our monthly data.