Bubalornis

Bubalornis is a genus of bird in the family Ploceidae. Established by Andrew Smith in 1836,^[2] it contains the following species:^[3]

Genus Bubalornis – A. Smith, 1836 – two species

Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
White-billed buffalo weaver	Bubalornis albirostris (Vieillot, 1817)	Africa south of the Sahara Desert	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Red-billed buffalo weaver	Bubalornis niger Smith, 1836	Angola, Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC

Bubalornis
Red-billed buffalo weaver (Bubalornis niger)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Ploceidae
Genus:	Bubalornis A. Smith, 1836
Type species
Bubalornis niger[1] A. Smith, 1836

The name Bubalornis is a combination of the Greek words boubalos, meaning "buffalo" and ornis, meaning "bird". The genus got its name from the buffalo weavers' habit of following herds of African Buffalo.^[4]

References

1. "Ploceidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
2. Smith, Andrew (1856). Report of the Expedition for Exploring Central Africa from the Cape of Good Hope. Cape Town, South Africa: Government Gazette Office. p. 51.
3. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2017). "Old World sparrows, snowfinches & weavers". World Bird List Version 7.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
4. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Names. London, UK: Christopher Helm. p. 79. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.

External links

• Media related to Bubalornis at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Bubalornis at Wikispecies

• Birds portal