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Re: Yellow Billed Oxpecker-South/Central Kruger

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Wow, unusual to see them so far south! :shock:


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Yellow Billed Oxpecker on one of the buffaloes close to the road.
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Wow, that's far south for them!! :shock:


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Re: Yellow Billed Oxpecker-South/Central Kruger

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Flutterby wrote: Fri May 24, 2019 11:39 am Wow, that's far south for them!! :shock:
Since I raised this topic in 2016, I have seen them at least once a trip in the southern central and south.
In March I saw one on a Buffalo on the S1, a few km from Phabeni
Not as common as RBO but it seems that YBO are found throughout the park.


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Interesting. \O


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One by Pumbaa at Sonop windmill near Satara in 2016:


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And near Mavumbye on the Mananga trail:


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Yellow-billed oxpeckers stationary
'Yellow-billed oxpeckers in the buffalo herd'
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100+ buffalo drinking
'Many with yellow billed oxpeckers'
Shitlhave Dam, off H1-1
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