Bubalornis | |
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Red-billed buffalo weaver (Bubalornis niger) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Ploceidae |
Genus: |
Bubalornis A. Smith, 1836 |
Type species | |
Bubalornis niger
[1] A. Smith, 1836
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Bubalornis is a genus of bird in the family Ploceidae. Established by Andrew Smith in 1836, [2] it contains the following species: [3]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Bubalornis albirostris | White-billed buffalo weaver | Africa south of the Sahara Desert | |
Bubalornis niger | Red-billed buffalo weaver | Angola, Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. |
The name Bubalornis is a combination of the Greek words boubalos, meaning "buffalo" and ornis, meaning "bird". The genus got its name from the buffalo weavers' habit of following herds of African Buffalo. [4]