Oxpecker Facts: they drink BLOOD | Animal Fact Files

Oxpeckers are those birds commonly seen riding on the backs of large African mammals. There are two oxpecker species and wile both of them peck ticks, they also drink BLOOD! Learn more oxpecker facts on this episode of Animal Fact Files!

Scientific Name: Genus - Buphagus
-yellow-billed oxpecker (Buphagus africanus)
-red-billed oxpecker (Buphagus erythrorynchus)
Range: sub-Saharan Africa
Habitat: savannahs (absent from rainforests and deserts)
Size: 8 inches (20cm) long; 2 ounces (55g) in weight
Diet: ticks, insects, dead skin, dung, blood, etc.
Threats: unknown
Lifespan: unknown

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Oxpecker SPECIES 0:00
Oxpecker HOSTS 0:50
Oxpecker TICKBIRD 1:41
Oxpecker VAMPIRE BIRD 2:20
Oxpecker DIET 2:53
Oxpecker LIFE CYCLE 3:28
Thanks / Outro 3:53
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Image and Video Credits:
Cephas - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Buphagus_map.png
Bernard DUPONT - https://www.flickr.com/photos/berniedup/51864783659 ; https://www.flickr.com/photos/berniedup/17312026882 ; https://flickr.com/photos/berniedup/32131581192 ; https://flickr.com/photos/berniedup/16492266661 ; https://flickr.com/photos/berniedup/17456700742 ; https://flickr.com/photos/berniedup/51189692144 ; https://flickr.com/photos/berniedup/51185174139
Derek Keats - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dkeats/31559242713 ; https://www.flickr.com/photos/dkeats/20894540942/
Clint Ralph - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yellow-Billed_Oxpecker00.jpg
Gerrie van Vuuren - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Buphagus_erythrorhynchus00.jpg
Profberger - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Red_billed_oxpecker_close.jpg
LYBAR - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:N%27Gala_Impala_with_Oxpeckers_-_panoramio.jpg
tatejoris - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rD1Yrfp7hOc ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9tY5X24YxI
Pascal Vagner - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCEmWKLiBtw
ElephantListenProj - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLfY0Mljo3I
JaimeLopes - https://freesound.org/people/JaimeLopes/sounds/516890
Francesco Veronsi - https://www.flickr.com/photos/francesco_veronesi/22178598304
Thomas Quine - https://www.flickr.com/photos/quinet/17930582146
Joseph Mochoge - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Red-billed_Oxpecker_Eggs_JM.jpg

Research Credits:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/aje.12042?casa_token=1pkzbe9Dm_gAAAAA%3ACLaS_gBP1RVEtt971X6VzJQSQQgKnWiCzZcdDcF9WgSoy9bQ25BeW3wKfo28KQDRrXnFTKkpsMLZ05zG
https://scholarship.miami.edu/esploro/outputs/doctoral/Feeding-Behavior-of-Wild-and-Captive/991031447398502976
https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/53998
https://miami.pure.elsevier.com/en/publications/feeding-preferences-of-the-red-billed-oxpecker-buphagus-erythrorh
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03946975.1992.10539178
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0003347299912654
https://www.britannica.com/animal/oxpecker
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxpecker

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