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red-billed oxpecker

Buphagus erythrorhynchus

Photo by Jeff Dreier
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Field Notes

Description:

Red bills, mostly gray-brown. Perched on large mammals. Excellent example of mutualism. Oxpeckers and cattle egrets on back of Cape buffalo.

Habitat:

Acacia scrub

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Red-billed Oxpecker

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