Yellow-billed Oxpecker

The yellow-billed oxpecker (Buphagus africanus), also called the yellow-billed tickbird, is a passerine bird in the family Buphagidae. It was previously placed in the starling and myna family, Sturnidae. It is native to the savannah of Sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal east to Sudan.

Trivia

Oxpeckers are also called tickbirds.

Although rhinos, hippos, giraffes, and zebras are all happy to carry oxpeckers, waterbuck, hartebeest, steenbok, and elephants will not tolerate them.

Gallery

Mandla the Yellow-billed Oxpecker (Dana Davis)