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.

Red-billed oxpecker cleaning this giraffe,

📹Rowan Poortier

Red-billed oxpecker. These birds are often seen on large mammals like rhino, buffalo and giraffe. By feasting on ticks and parasites, the birds keep the skin of the mammals healthy and reduce risk of infections

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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.

Yellow-billed oxpecker Eating parasite insects from Giraffe's tail
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Still can’t believe I did #oxpecker this past weekend. My ITB is stuffed. But I still did it 💪🥹

Yellow-billed oxpecker 🤨

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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

Red-billed oxpecker with impala
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On safari Akagera National Park last week photographing a Yellow-billed Oxpecker perched on an Impala and my 5 y/o daughter asked if I’d seen the lions, I say there aren’t any here… the Impala then starts her alarm calls and I look up to see these two! Great spot Charlie! 😂

Rhinoceros and Oxpecker Harmony
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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

Red-billed Oxpecker Birds eating parasite
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Impala Ram Receives Grooming Session from Red-billed Oxpecker. #wildlife #safari #wildlife photography

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A Giraffe and an Oxpecker

📸 Sunny Saha Pramanick

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