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Taken 2-Aug-11
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Category:Animals
Subcategory:Birds
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Keywords:Buphagus africanus, Cape Buffalo, Kenya, Maasai Mara, Yellow-billed Oxpecker, savanna
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Dimensions3000 x 1998
Original file size242 KB
Image typeJPEG
Color spacesRGB
Date taken2-Aug-11 08:57
Date modified21-Aug-11 00:50
Shooting Conditions

Camera makeFUJIFILM
Camera modelFinePix S205EXR
Focal length101.5 mm
Max lens aperturef/2.8
Exposure1/240 at f/5.3
FlashNot fired, compulsory mode
Exposure bias-1/3 EV
Exposure modeAuto
Exposure prog.Aperture priority
ISO speedISO 100
Metering modePattern
It is not easy to live on a buffalo...

It is not easy to live on a buffalo...

In Maasai Mara National Reserve, A Yellow-billed Oxpecker, Buphagus africanus, was found sitting on the back of a Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer), one of its regular customers. It turns out that a bird's beak is just as efficient as a brush in cleaning out bits from a thick carpet.