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Oxpeckers' Summit Meeting
Yellow-billed oxpeckers (Buphagus africanus) perched on the crest of an African or Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer) and convening to decide on a strategy to remove parasites from their host. Oxpeckers are known to be beneficial to their hosts in what is known as a mutualistic, symbiotic relationship. Oxpeckers remove bloodsucking ecto-parasites and help control infestation of ticks. They also serve as an early warning system to their host by flying up and down, hissing and rasping, and causing the buffalo to look out for a potential threat.
Digital image ID: Micheline_Rouquet_20160419_006867
Author: Micheline Rouquet
© Micheline Rouquet
Digital image size: 9.5 Mpixels (27.2 MB uncompressed) - 3082x3082 pixels (10.3x10.3 in / 26.1x26.1 cm at 300 ppi)
Digital image keywords: Affalo, African buffalo, Artiodactyla, Behavior, Birds, Botswana, Bovidae, Cape Buffalo, Kwedi concession, Mammals, Moremi Game Reserve, mutualism, Oxpeckers, symbiotic relationship, Syncerus Caffer, tickbird, Yellow-billed Oxpecker
Published in: All images, Mammals
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