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Oxpeckers

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Buphagidae - oxpeckers

Species on page - 1 genus, 2 species depicted (out of 1 genus, 2 species)

+ Yellow-billed oxpecker (Buphagus africanus)
+ Red-billed oxpecker (Buphagus erythrorhynchus)

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Yellow-billed oxpecker (Buphagus africanus)

Buffalopecker on buffalo

Oxpecker
Chobe, Botswana
February 20, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
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Red-billed oxpecker (Buphagus erythrorhynchus)

Buff Fellow

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African buffalo or Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer)
With red-billed oxpecker (Buphagus erythrorhynchus)
Family: Buphagidae (formerly in Sturnidae)
Kenya - Masai Mara
Summer, 2008

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+ Sturnidae: Mynas

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Last modified: November 26, 2018
Moved: November 26, 2018 (from starling.html)
Created: April 4, 2013 (from grackles.html)
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