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title: "Yellow-billed Oxpecker"
description: "Buphagus africanus — Uccelli. The yellow-billed oxpecker (Buphagus africanus) is a passerine bird in the family Buphagidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/yellow-billed-oxpecker
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Yellow-billed Oxpecker

> Buphagus africanus — Uccelli. The yellow-billed oxpecker (Buphagus africanus) is a passerine bird in the family Buphagidae.

- Scientific name: *Buphagus africanus*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Savana)
- iNaturalist observations: 2405
- Wikidata: [Q1466229](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1466229)
- iNaturalist taxon: [116831](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/116831)

## Names

- en: Yellow-billed Oxpecker
- de: Gelbschnabel-Madenhacker
- es: Picabueyes piquigualdo
- fr: Piquebœuf à bec jaune
- nl: Geelsnavelossenpikker
- pt: Pica-bois-de-bico-amarelo
- pl: Bąkojad żółtodzioby

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (558), KE (399), TZ (360), BW (226), UG (205), GM (88), NA (71), SN (57), ZM (51), BJ (39), NG (38), ZW (35)

## Summary

The yellow-billed oxpecker (Buphagus africanus) is a passerine bird in the family Buphagidae. It was previously placed in the starling and myna family, Sturnidae.
It is native to the savannah of Sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal east to Sudan. It is least common in the extreme east of its range where it overlaps with the red-billed oxpecker, despite always dominating that species when feeding.

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

## Photo

![Yellow-billed Oxpecker](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/yellow-billed-oxpecker/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/68223928

## Machine access

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