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Genus: Bubalornis

[edit] Description

An African genus; two species of Buffalo-Weaver. Unusually, these birds have a false penis, which is larger in the male. The males are blackish, and the females brown; there is no eclipse plumage. The nests are large and untidy, built of large thorny sticks.

[edit] Taxonomy

Bubalornis is a genus in the family Ploceidae.

[edit] References

1. Hockey PAR, Dean WRJ & Ryan PG (eds) 2005. Robert's Birds of Southern Africa, 7th edition. John Voelcker Bird Book Fund, Cape Town, South Africa. ISBN 0620340533