🌍 Red-billed oxpecker (Buphagus erythrorynchus) The red-billed oxpecker is a medium-sized passerine bird with olive-brown plumage, a bright red bill, and striking red eyes often encircled by yellow skin. It is distributed across the open savannas of sub-Saharan Africa, where it maintains a close relationship with large wild and domesticated mammals. They feed by climbing over these hosts, primarily consuming ticks, dead skin, and blood from wounds. Highly social, they form chattering flocks, roosting together at night and dispersing during the day to find hosts, often acting as an alarm system against predators. Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) 📷: Photo by butti_s via Pixabay https://pixabay.com/photos/africa-maggot-hackers-bird-beak-7605285/ BQXH

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