Red-billed Oxpecker on African Buffalo

A Red-billed Oxpecker (Buphagus erythrorhynchus) perched on an African buffalo (Syncerus caffer). The image documents the close ecological relationship between oxpeckers and large African mammals, from which the birds collect ticks and other food.

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