oxpecker: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	tickbird • Buphagus

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red-billed oxpecker

red-billed oxpecker

Red-billed oxpecker (Buphagus erythrorhynchus) with a bright red beak and yellow eye ring perched on the back of a large brown mammal.

Observe a tower of giraffes feeding on acacia leaves and oxpeckers combing giraffes' coats for parasites

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