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title: "Picabueyes piquirrojo"
description: "Buphagus erythroryncha — Aves. The red-billed oxpecker (Buphagus erythrorynchus) is a passerine bird in the oxpecker family, Buphagidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/red-billed-oxpecker
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Picabueyes piquirrojo

> Buphagus erythroryncha — Aves. The red-billed oxpecker (Buphagus erythrorynchus) is a passerine bird in the oxpecker family, Buphagidae.

- Scientific name: *Buphagus erythroryncha*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Sabana)
- iNaturalist observations: 4913
- iNaturalist taxon: [1584479](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1584479)

## Names

- en: Red-billed Oxpecker
- de: Rotschnabel-Madenhacker
- es: Picabueyes piquirrojo
- fr: Piquebœuf à bec rouge

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (2896), KE (574), TZ (425), BW (319), ZM (110), ZW (97), NA (87), ET (61), MW (60), SZ (54), MZ (20), RW (12)

## Summary

The red-billed oxpecker (Buphagus erythrorynchus) is a passerine bird in the oxpecker family, Buphagidae. It is native to the eastern savannah of sub-Saharan Africa, from the Central African Republic east to South Sudan and south to northern and eastern South Africa. It is more widespread than the yellow-billed oxpecker in Southern Africa, where their ranges overlap.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-billed_oxpecker

## Photo

![Picabueyes piquirrojo](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/red-billed-oxpecker/medium.jpg)

Photo: Andra Waagmeester · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/218480428

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/red-billed-oxpecker?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).