Red-billed buffalo-weaver
'Bubalornis niger'
Swahili: Manofi domo-jekundu
Best parks to see it: Widespread
Very common and widespread throughout all the dry and low lands east of the Rift valley. Prefers open savannah and scrub. Noisy and gregarious, builds a large thorny nest on thorn trees and baobabs. Feeds on the ground together with other weavers and starlings. Females and juveniles are chestnut and spotted. In Kenya's northwest quadrant it is replaced by the white-billed buffalo-weaver, similar in general aspect.
Red-billed buffalo-weaver at Kilaguni Lodge, Tsavo West National Park. J.Y./Kenyalogy.com
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