Yellow-billed Oxpecker
Buphagus africanus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyBuphagidae (Oxpeckers)
- GenusBuphagus (Oxpeckers)
- SpeciesBuphagus africanus (Yellow-billed Oxpecker)
Closest Relatives at Lower Zambezi National Park
Red-billed Oxpecker
Buphagus erythrorhynchus
Meves's Glossy-starling
Lamprotornis mevesii
Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilis
Common Bulbul
Pycnonotus barbatus
African Pied Wagtail
Motacilla aguimp
Wire-tailed Swallow
Hirundo smithii
Blue-breasted Cordonbleu
Uraeginthus angolensis
Tropical Boubou
Laniarius major
White-crested Helmetshrike
Prionops plumatus
Southern Gray-headed Sparrow
Passer diffusus
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
Plocepasser mahali
Arrow-marked Babbler
Turdoides jardineii
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Yellow-billed Oxpecker at Lower Zambezi National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ 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