Red-billed Oxpecker (Buphagus erythrorhynchus)

Query: Buphagus erythrorhynchus

Result: 9^th of 13

Subject:	Red-billed Oxpecker (Buphagus erythrorhynchus)

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Captured from a WONDERFUL MULTIMEDIA CD-ROM title,
"Eyewitness Encyclopedia of Nature",
Dorling Kindersley Multimedia, 1995

Red-billed Oxpecker - Sharp claws, Short tail used as a prop
THE OXPECKER is an unusual member of the starling family. Using its sharp claws, it scrampers over the skin of large mammals and searches for bloodsucking ticks. In return for a meal, oxpeckers help them to stay free of parasites.

Dorling Kindersly Multimedia
(reviewed by Univ. of Texsas Library)
http://volvo.gslis.utexas.edu/~reviews/dkmm.html

For more images captured from the CD-ROM title,
http://bioinfo.kordic.re.kr/animal/APAsrch2.cgi?qt=DKMMNature-

Buphagus erythrorhynchus
9/13

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