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Red-billed Oxpecker

Buphagus erythrorhynchus

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Field Notes

Description:

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

Habitat:

Living in open savannah in Central Africa

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Red-billed Oxpecker

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Comments (4)
ceherzog
That's really good...I especially like seeing the animal along with the great first shot!
Sachin Zaveri
Very Nice Captures, there is a suitable mission of your spotting Mision Symbiotic Relationships http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/7987627

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PublishedMarch 25, 2013

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