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Red-billed Buffalo Weaver (male)

Bubalornis niger

Photo by IsabellaFiers
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Description:

Black bird - red beak

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Red-billed Buffalo Weaver (Bubalornis niger) - Information on Red-billed Buffal…, Red-billed Buffalo Weaver

Species ID Suggestions

Red-billed Buffalo Weaver (male)

Bubalornis niger

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Comments (2)
DanielePralong
You're welcome Isabella. I'm was certainly more confident about this one :-) The only other black bird with a red bill that I know of in Ethiopia is the red-billed chough, which has very localized populations in the highlands and a very distinctive long narrow bill
IsabellaFiers
Thanks Daniele, it would be this one indeed, i will check!

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