A red-billed oxpeckker clambers across the neck of a giraffe in search of external parasites. The oxpecker will also pick at any sores on the giraffe to feed on the blood. Hluhluwe iMfolozi Game Reserve, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.
Red-Billed Oxpecker Searching for Parasites on a Giraffe
- Written by Peter Chadwick, African Conservation Photographer