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red-billed oxpecker

Buphagus erythrorhynchus

Photo by Jeff Dreier
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Field Notes

Description:

Brownish-gray with red-bill; red eye surrounded by bare yellow skin; typically observed in association with large mammals.

Habitat:

Open grassland and acacia scrub, wherever large grazing/browsing mammals are found

Notes:

Oxpeckers are in a famous mutualistic relationship with large African mammals, including Cape buffalo and rhinos.

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