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Red-billed Oxpecker

Buphagus erythrorhynchus

Description:

Brown bird with a red bill. The eye is red and there is a thick yellow eye ring, they look like they should be made of clay or something. Picking bugs off of a white rhino.

Habitat:

With a group of 3 rhinos on the side of the road in a thorn scrub area.

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2 Comments

James McNair
James McNair 10 years ago

Awesome shots Ashley. Is that a butterfly on the right cheek of rhino in shot 3?

Smith Zoo
Smith Zoo 10 years ago

Love the close up!! Thanks Ashley!

AshleyT
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AshleyT

uPhongolo Local Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Spotted on Jan 8, 2014
Submitted on Jan 24, 2014

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