Red-billed oxpecker feeding of ticks on back of juvenile male impala. Bird's beak is stuffed with hair from host

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Size: 4604px × 2832px
Location: south africa
Photo credit: © jf pelletier / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

Keywords: adaptation, africa, african, animal, bird, birds, buphagus, eating, erythrorhynchus, hair, host, impala, juvenile, mammals, meanderingemu, mutualism, nature, oxpecker, passerine, pecking, perched, red-billed, safari, scenery, south, species, ticks, wildlife