- The
ox****s are two
species of bird
which make up the
genus Buphagus, from
Ancient Gr**** βοῦς (boûs),
meaning "ox", and φάγος (phágos),
meaning "eater"...
- The yellow-billed
ox**** (Buphagus afric****) is a p****erine bird in the
family Buphagidae. It was
previously placed in the
starling and myna family...
- The red-billed
ox**** (Buphagus erythrorynchus) is a p****erine bird in the
ox**** family, Buphagidae. It is
native to the
eastern savannah of sub-Saharan...
-
sites include large herbivores on the
African savanna that are used by
ox****s. Many
sleeping birds bend
their heads over
their backs and tuck their...
- birds,
including the
vampire finch, Hood mockingbird,
Tristan thrush, and
ox****s, also
practise hematophagy.
Hematophagous animals have
mouth parts and...
-
defence against ticks and
symbiotic relationship with the tick-feeding
ox****s could have pla**** a role in
preventing major changes in
morphology and...
-
genera Hyalomma,
Amblyomma and Rhipicephalus. Red-billed and yellow-billed
ox****s clean giraffes of
ticks and
alert them to danger.
Giraffes host numerous...
- pests. Red-billed
ox****s and
black rhinos have a
symbiotic relationship. The
ox****s feed on the bugs
found on
rhinos and the
ox****s warn the rhinos...
- Red-billed
helmetshrike Red-billed
leiothrix Red-billed
malkoha Red-billed
ox**** Red-billed
parrot Red-billed
partridge Red-billed pied
tanager Red-billed...
- The red-billed
ox**** eats
ticks on the impala's coat, in a
cleaning symbiosis....
