The oxpecker is a type of bird found in sub-Saharan Africa. It's known for its symbiotic relationship with large mammals like rhinos and buffalo, where it feeds on parasites like ticks and flies found on their skin. They have a distinctive appearance with a red or yellow bill and…

Yellow-billed oxpecker

Location: Jos-Nigeria.

A symbiotic relationship. The Oxpecker is cleaning the nose of a Buffalo. The Oxpecker enjoys ticks, parasites, ear wax and even tends to wounds on a host of animals.

Red-billed oxpecker cleaning this giraffe,

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A Giraffe and an Oxpecker

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oxpecker, burung pemakan parasit
dari teman menjadi lawan
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Navajoceratops with some undetermined oxpecker-like birds

Below is an oxpecker perched on the head of a water buffalo.

Oxpeckers are birds native to sub-Saharan Africa that have a symbiotic relationship with large mammals.
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Yellow-billed oxpecker Eating parasite insects from Giraffe's tail
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Red-billed oxpecker with impala
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The hippopotamus and the oxpecker bird are in a mutualistic and parasitic relationship. This is because the oxpecker bird gets food and protection from the hippopotamus. However, the bird gets food by making little cuts in the hippopotamus to obtain insects

The Cape Buffalo have a symbiotic relationship with the Oxpecker birds. The Oxpeckers sit on the buffalo eating any ticks or insects. They also warn the buffalo if danger is nearby. 💊

This world is a jungle, #Africa can either rise up to the task and become an alpha that protects its fellow #Africa ns or be eaten alive by the parasitic west and their puppets until the Africans themselves are decomposed into a shell of skeletal nothingness.

The #Oxpecker is a…

An African Buffalo, weighing in at almost a ton, with a Red Billed Oxpecker, weighing in at a few grams.

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Red-billed Oxpecker Birds eating parasite
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The oxpecker is known as the askari wa kifaru, or “rhinoceros guard,” in Swahili.

Often found perched on the ears and horns of a rhino they make meals of the ticks and other parasites that burrow in rhino’s thick-skinned hides.

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Woodpeckerがキツツキだという事は大抵の人が知っている。ではOxpeckerは？
文字通りウシツツキで、アフリカの大型野生哺乳類の皮膚に付く寄生虫を食べて暮らすムクドリに近い鳥。
なぜCowpeckerと言わないのだろう？
キバシウシツツキ
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The oxpecker and the Buffalo have a fascinating symbiotic relationship portrayed in Uganda and Rwanda's savannas. These birds pick ticks off buffalos, keeping them healthy while getting a meal themselves. They also signal warnings incase there's a predator upclose! #visitrwanda

A red-billed oxpecker perches on the back of a giraffe, picking at its fur.

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