Yellow-billed Oxpecker
Buphagus africanus
The Gambia - January 2003
Although Oxpeckers feed mainly on parasitic insects and ticks on game animals and livestock, thus providing a beneficial service to their hosts, they also have a detrimental effect by keeping wounds open and feeding off blood and tissue around the wounds.
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