Lake Ziway, Ethiopia
January 2016

The Red-billed Oxpecker is distributed in the eastern part of Africa from Eritrea and Ethiopia to South Africa. See the distribution map at Birdlife International. It is found in savanna and pasture where there are wild mammals or undipped cattle.

The Red-billed Oxpecker differs from the Yellow-billed Oxpecker B. africanus in having an entirely red bill, a yellow eye-ring around the red eye and a plain brown rump.