| Bubalornis | |
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| Red-billed buffalo weaver (Bubalornis niger) | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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]
| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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| White-billed buffalo weaver
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Bubalornis albirostris (Vieillot, 1817) |
Africa south of the Sahara Desert | Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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| Red-billed buffalo weaver
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Bubalornis niger Smith, 1836 |
Angola, Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. | Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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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]
- ^ "Ploceidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ Smith, Andrew (1856). Report of the Expedition for Exploring Central Africa from the Cape of Good Hope. Cape Town, South Africa: Government Gazette Office. p. 51.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2017). "Old World sparrows, snowfinches & weavers". World Bird List Version 7.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
- ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Names. London, UK: Christopher Helm. p. 79. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.