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oxpecker

by SherrieNormanDodoma, Dodoma, Tanzania

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Red-billed oxpecker

by Zlatan CelebicNairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

The red-billed oxpecker is a passerine bird ...

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Red-billed Oxpecker

by john.fermanis.srDodoma, Dodoma, Tanzania

Red-Billed Oxpecker.

2 4 Cape Buffalo with Yellow-billed Oxpecker

Cape Buffalo with Yellow-billed Oxpecker

by TLNarok, Kenya

Spotted in Masai Mara, Kenya. Being cleaned by yellow-billed

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Red-billed Oxpecker

by Wendy ClaphamMusina Local Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa

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Impala with oxpecker

by KarenSaxtonBa-Phalaborwa Local Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa

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Yellow-billed Oxpecker

by MarinLekoSouth Western, Uganda

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Red-Billed Oxpecker

by Jared HerschBa-Phalaborwa Local Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa

Red-Billed oxpecker cleaning up a Male ...

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Red-billed Oxpecker

by Noah CitizenRamotshere Moiloa Local Municipality, North West, South Africa

Open range as grassland and savannah

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Red-billed Oxpecker

by Jonathan GuyotHaut-Ogooué, Gabon

They are eating ticks on the back of an African forest buffalo

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Hippopotamus

by Diaz José MiguelBushbuckridge Local Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa

Female hippo getting her skin treatment

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Red-billed Oxpecker

by hernandez.jasonPortland, Oregon, USA

Portland Zoo

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Cape Buffalo

by CindyCorNarok, Kenya

This oxpecker would not leave this old guy ...

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red-billed oxpecker

by Jeff DreierNongoma Local Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Red bills, mostly gray-brown. Perched on large mammals. Excellent example of ...

2 0 Red-billed Oxpecker

Red-billed Oxpecker

by Smith ZooBa-Phalaborwa Local Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa

Small black/brown bird with red beak and yellow eyes - feeding of a rhinos back.

1 0 red-billed oxpecker

red-billed oxpecker

by Jeff DreieruPhongolo Local Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Brownish-gray with red-bill; red eye surrounded by bare yellow skin; typically ...

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Red-billed Oxpecker

by Malcolm Wilton-JonesNkomazi Local Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa

covered in Red-billed Oxpeckers which help ...

3 2 Impala baby with oxpecker

Impala baby with oxpecker

by KarenSaxtonNorth-West District, Botswana

The relationship between hoofed mammal and

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white rhino

by KarenSaxtonNakuru, Kenya

reintroduced to Kenya

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African Buffalo

by JeffCrocombeEastern Province, Zambia

South Luangwa NP, Zambia. There is a Yellow-billed

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Buffalo

by Malcolm Wilton-JonesMbombela Local Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa

Check out picture 5 for the symbiotic relationship with

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Plains zebra

by Adam15Narok, Kenya

Zebras with oxpecker birds

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Red-billed Oxpecker

by PunkusArnettThe Big Five False Bay Local Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Red-Billed Oxpecker on their perch. I have ...

0 1 Oxpecker, Yellow-billed Oxpecker

Oxpecker, Yellow-billed Oxpecker

by KaranS.RaghwaMara, Tanzania

Photo taken at Serengeti, Tanzania Dark brown head and upperparts; Buffy-yellow ...

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Savanna buffalo and Oxpecker

by dandoucetteKenya

The African buffalo is a very robust species. It is up to 1.7 metres high, 3.4 ...

3 3 Red-billed Oxpecker

Red-billed Oxpecker

by MaithiliSaveLimpopo, South Africa

oxpeckers to be in a family by themselves, ...

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Red-billed Oxpeckers, + Yellow-billed

by Malcolm Wilton-JonesMbombela Local Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa

Look on the backs of the nearest left side bullocks, 3 red-billed

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Impalas (and Red-billed Oxpeckers)

by Noah CitizenRamotshere Moiloa Local Municipality, North West, South Africa

highlight the tail and back legs. The male shows beautiful horns. The ...

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Red billed oxpecker

by KarenSaxtonNorth-West District, Botswana

In the starling and myna family, the red billed

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Oxpecker

by KarenSaxtonNorth-West District, Botswana

The oxpecker, a memebr of the starling ...

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Red-billed oxpecker

by Maria dBNairobi, Kenya

The Red-billed Oxpecker eats insects. Both ...

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Giraffe

by Malcolm Wilton-JonesNkomazi Local Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa

Probably the parent of the juvenile in the previous spotting. Note the

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Yellow-billed oxpecker

by mcaul6515Greater Giyani Local Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa

I saw this bird on the Impalas, Buffalo and Rhinos a lot, but I am unsure what ...

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Red-billed Oxpecker

by AshleyTuPhongolo Local Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Brown bird with a red bill. The eye is red and there is a thick yellow eye ...

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red billed oxpecker

by KarenSaxtonMbombela Local Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa

member of the starling family, they feed on insects that plague grazing ...

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Yellow-billed oxpecker

by Benno IboldTaita Taveta, Kenya

The yellow-billed oxpecker is 20 cm long ...

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Red-Billed Oxpecker

by TizNkomazi Local Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa

Red-billed oxpeckers: vampires or ...

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Red-Billed Oxpecker

by TizLubombo Region, Swaziland

Red-billed oxpeckers: vampires or ...

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Red-billed Oxpecker

by RachaelBKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Both the English and scientific names arise from their habit of perching on ...

4 2 Impala

Impala

by KarenLoughreyRichardSundays River Valley Local Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa

A medium sized antelope that stands about 0,9 meters tall at the shoulders, ...

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Red-billed Oxpecker

by Malcolm Wilton-JonesMbombela Local Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa

occasional Yellow-billed Oxpecker which is ...

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Yellow-billed oxpecker

by Benno IboldNarok, Kenya

20 cm long

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Giraffe

by MickGrantMoses Kotane Local Municipality, North West, South Africa

trees, Second image has two Oxpeckers ...

2 2 Cape buffalo

Cape buffalo

by Maria dBLimpopo, South Africa

1.7-3.4 m (5.6-11 ft). Seen with oxpeckers ...

2 0 Cape buffalo

Cape buffalo

by Jeff DreierNongoma Local Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Large, dark; horns fused

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cattle egret

by Jeff DreierNongoma Local Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

White, with yellow bill and legs

2 2 cape buffalo (old bull)

cape buffalo (old bull)

by KarenSaxtonNorth-West District, Botswana

lot of time by himself, with the company of

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