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==References== | ==References== | ||
# Clements JF. 2007. ''The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World''. 6th ed., with updates to October 2007. Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019 | # Clements JF. 2007. ''The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World''. 6th ed., with updates to October 2007. Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019 | ||
Revision as of 23:57, 9 November 2008
- Bubalornis niger
Identification
Very similar in habit and appearance to the White-billed Buffalo-Weaver. The female and juvenile birds are brown above and spotted or streaked below.
Distribution
Angola, Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Taxonomy
Bubalornis niger has two subspecies:1
- B. n. niger
- Southern Angola to Zambia, Mozambique and north-eastern South Africa.
- B. n. intermedius
Habitat
Dry savanna.
Behaviour
These birds build very large nests made of thorny sticks in baobabs and other large trees; these are used as communal roosts.
References
- Clements JF. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2007. Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019
