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]