Buphagidae (Oxpeckers)

Phylogenetic placement: Passeri: Passerides: Muscicapida: Muscicapoidea
Distribution: Sub-Saharan Africa
Number of extant genera: 1
Number of extant species: 2

Traditional genus-level classification of extant Buphagidae following the AviList checklist v2025. (link) The number of subspecies is given in parentheses. The two Buphagus species match those of the BOW Phylogeny Explorer tree v.1.6. (link)

Bombycillidae

Calcariidae

Passerine families

Individual orders

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