Saddlebilled Stork Okavango huge stork pied plumage black legs pink toes yellow saddle-shaped shield male shallow water Delta Botswana bird wildlife nature travel Mokoro reeds
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Olare Orok Conservancy; Masai Mara game reserve; Masai Mara; Mara; Kenya; Africa; East Africa; safari; wildlife; savannah; grasslands; tourism funded conservation; Massai community; African buffalo; aka affalo; aka nyati; aka Mbogo; aka Cape buffalo; Syncerus caffer; highly dangerous to humans; not been domesticated; Red-billed oxpecker; Buphagus erythrorhynchus; Buphagidae; Sturndidae; passerine bird;
Description
The Red-billed Oxpecker, Buphagus erythrorhynchus, is a passerine bird in the starling and myna family Sturndidae; some ornithologists regard the oxpeckers to be in a family by themselves, the Buphagidae. It is native to the savannah of sub-Saharan Africa, from the Central African Republic east to Sudan and south to northern and eastern South Africa. Its range overlaps that of the more dominant Yellow-billed Oxpecker. The Red-billed Oxpecker nests in tree holes lined with hair plucked from livestock. It lays 2-5 eggs with three being the average. Outside the breeding season it forms large, chattery flocks. The African buffalo is a very robust species. Its shoulder height can range from 1 to 1.7 m (3.3 to 5.6 ft) and its head-and-body length can range from 1.7 to 3.4 m (5.6 to 11 ft). The tail can range from 70 to 110 cm (28 to 43 in) long. Savannah type buffaloes weigh 500 to 910 kg (1,100 to 2,000 lb).
Olare Orok Conservancy; Masai Mara game reserve; Masai Mara; Mara; Kenya; Africa; East Africa; safari; wildlife; savannah; grasslands; tourism funded conservation; Massai community; African buffalo; aka affalo; aka nyati; aka Mbogo; aka Cape buffalo; Syncerus caffer; highly dangerous to humans; not been domesticated; Red-billed oxpecker; Buphagus erythrorhynchus; Buphagidae; Sturndidae; passerine bird;
Description
The Red-billed Oxpecker, Buphagus erythrorhynchus, is a passerine bird in the starling and myna family Sturndidae; some ornithologists regard the oxpeckers to be in a family by themselves, the Buphagidae. It is native to the savannah of sub-Saharan Africa, from the Central African Republic east to Sudan and south to northern and eastern South Africa. Its range overlaps that of the more dominant Yellow-billed Oxpecker. The Red-billed Oxpecker nests in tree holes lined with hair plucked from livestock. It lays 2-5 eggs with three being the average. Outside the breeding season it forms large, chattery flocks. The African buffalo is a very robust species. Its shoulder height can range from 1 to 1.7 m (3.3 to 5.6 ft) and its head-and-body length can range from 1.7 to 3.4 m (5.6 to 11 ft). The tail can range from 70 to 110 cm (28 to 43 in) long. Savannah type buffaloes weigh 500 to 910 kg (1,100 to 2,000 lb).
Olare Orok Conservancy; Masai Mara game reserve; Masai Mara; Mara; Kenya; Africa; East Africa; safari; wildlife; savannah; grasslands; tourism funded conservation; Massai community; African buffalo; aka affalo; aka nyati; aka Mbogo; aka Cape buffalo; Syncerus caffer; highly dangerous to humans; not been domesticated; Red-billed oxpecker; Buphagus erythrorhynchus; Buphagidae; Sturndidae; passerine bird;
Description
The African buffalo is a very robust species. Its shoulder height can range from 1 to 1.7 m (3.3 to 5.6 ft) and its head-and-body length can range from 1.7 to 3.4 m (5.6 to 11 ft). The tail can range from 70 to 110 cm (28 to 43 in) long. Savannah type buffaloes weigh 500 to 910 kg (1,100 to 2,000 lb). The Red-billed Oxpecker, Buphagus erythrorhynchus, is a passerine bird in the starling and myna family Sturndidae; some ornithologists regard the oxpeckers to be in a family by themselves, the Buphagidae. It is native to the savannah of sub-Saharan Africa, from the Central African Republic east to Sudan and south to northern and eastern South Africa. Its range overlaps that of the more dominant Yellow-billed Oxpecker. The Red-billed Oxpecker nests in tree holes lined with hair plucked from livestock. It lays 2-5 eggs with three being the average. Outside the breeding season it forms large, chattery flocks.
Olare Orok Conservancy; Masai Mara game reserve; Masai Mara; Mara; Kenya; Africa; East Africa; safari; wildlife; savannah; grasslands; tourism funded conservation; Massai community; African buffalo; aka affalo; aka nyati; aka Mbogo; aka Cape buffalo; Syncerus caffer; highly dangerous to humans; not been domesticated; Red-billed oxpecker; Buphagus erythrorhynchus; Buphagidae; Sturndidae; passerine bird;
Description
The African buffalo is a very robust species. Its shoulder height can range from 1 to 1.7 m (3.3 to 5.6 ft) and its head-and-body length can range from 1.7 to 3.4 m (5.6 to 11 ft). The tail can range from 70 to 110 cm (28 to 43 in) long. Savannah type buffaloes weigh 500 to 910 kg (1,100 to 2,000 lb). The Red-billed Oxpecker, Buphagus erythrorhynchus, is a passerine bird in the starling and myna family Sturndidae; some ornithologists regard the oxpeckers to be in a family by themselves, the Buphagidae. It is native to the savannah of sub-Saharan Africa, from the Central African Republic east to Sudan and south to northern and eastern South Africa. Its range overlaps that of the more dominant Yellow-billed Oxpecker. The Red-billed Oxpecker nests in tree holes lined with hair plucked from livestock. It lays 2-5 eggs with three being the average. Outside the breeding season it forms large, chattery flocks.
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Saddlebilled Stork Okavango huge stork pied plumage black legs pink toes yellow saddle-shaped shield male shallow water Delta Botswana bird wildlife nature travel Mokoro reeds
