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Yellow Billed
Although not as common as the red-billed oxpecker, still very easy to see in Kenya. Especially in Masa Mara, Tsavo and Amboseli. Distinct yellow of the bill is the most important difference between the two species. This one also lacks the yellow eye ring. These days, they are confined to national parks and can only be found near wild animals since domestic stock are treated with pesticides for ticks and parasites.
The yellow-billed oxpecker is a passerine bird in the starling and myna family, Sturnidae; some ornithologists regard the oxpeckers to be a separate family, the Buphagidae. 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.
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