Yellow-billed Oxpecker
Buphagus africanus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyBuphagidae (Oxpeckers)
- GenusBuphagus (Oxpeckers)
- SpeciesBuphagus africanus (Yellow-billed Oxpecker)
Closest Relatives at Moremi Game Reserve
Red-billed Oxpecker
Buphagus erythrorhynchus
Burchell's Glossy-starling
Lamprotornis australis
Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilis
Meves's Glossy-starling
Lamprotornis mevesii
Magpie Shrike
Urolestes melanoleucus
Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver
Bubalornis niger
Arrow-marked Babbler
Turdoides jardineii
Common Bulbul
Pycnonotus barbatus
Hartlaub's Babbler
Turdoides hartlaubii
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
Plocepasser mahali
Greater Blue-eared Starling
Lamprotornis chalybaeus
Blue-breasted Cordonbleu
Uraeginthus angolensis
📅 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 Yellow-billed Oxpecker in Moremi Game Reserve?
About 36% of visitor-days record a Yellow-billed Oxpecker sighting in Moremi Game Reserve, based on 465 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Yellow-billed Oxpecker in Moremi Game Reserve?
December has the highest sighting rate for Yellow-billed Oxpecker in Moremi Game Reserve in our monthly data.