Mystery Bird: Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver, Bubalornis niger

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[Mystery bird] Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver, Bubalornis niger, photographed at the Ndutu Safari Lodge, at the south end of the Serengeti ecosystem, just outside Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, Africa. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours]

Image: Dan Logen, 15 January 2010 [larger view].

Nikon D300, ISO 640, 1/640 sec, f/6.3, Exp Compenstation at -.3.

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Ohh.... while the bird was bathing...

Never mind.

The first part of the common name is as plain as the nose on its' face. The second part is what an artisan would do with a large N. American woolly mammal.