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…

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.

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Still can’t believe I did #oxpecker this past weekend. My ITB is stuffed. But I still did it 💪🥹

Red-billed oxpecker cleaning this giraffe,

📹Rowan Poortier

Yellow-billed oxpecker

Location: Jos-Nigeria.

A ed-billed oxpecker, resting on the horn of this rhino

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

Yellow-billed oxpecker 🤨

The best cleaning service bird is an oxpecker.. 🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛

Red Billed Oxpecker the Gambia
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Through my 600mm lens, I watched the tessellated patterns of an old male giraffe traversed by oxpecker birds. The harmony and simplicity of their symbiosis was like clockwork and a dream to watch. Dancing and darting around the grand frame, oxpeckers feasted and I felt so lucky

Yellow-billed oxpecker Eating parasite insects from Giraffe's tail
Wincent TcQDY
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Bird bereft of boundaries and exceptionally chill giraffe
(actually, oxpecker keeping giraffe healthy by feasting on its ticks)

How #Oxpecker #Birds Save Injured #Hippos

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An African Buffalo, weighing in at almost a ton, with a Red Billed Oxpecker, weighing in at a few grams. ♥️💚💛
South Africa 🇿🇦

📸 Clint Ralph

Buphagus erythrorhynchus
Kırmızı Gagalı Kenekuşu
Red-billed Oxpecker

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

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