10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OXPECKER»
Discover the use of
oxpecker in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
oxpecker and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Veterinary Medicines in the Environment
Oxpecker population and range have been significantly reduced by the use of
arsenic-based ectoparasiticides. In order to reduce the poisoning of these
threatened birds, the Endangered Wildlife Trust established the Poison Working
Group to ...
Mark Crane, Alistair B. A. Boxall, Katie Barrett, 2008
An outline of grammar for teachers and teachers in training, covering all the terminology required for the National Literacy Strategy and National Curriculum up to Key Stage 3.
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The National Agricultural Directory 2011
Also see the EcoSolutions and Charles Street Veterinary Group notes under
heading 2 Red-billed Oxpecker The red-billed Oxpecker can be one of the
farmer's greatest natural allies on game and cattle ...
Ornithol. Beob. 66: 105–144. Stutterheim, CJ (1974) Ringing and colour-marking
the Red-billed Oxpecker in the Kruger National Park. Safring News 3(2): 11–15.
— (1977) Ectoparasites of the Red-billed Oxpecker in the Kruger National Park.
Adrian Craig, Chris Feare, 2010
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Interactive Science For Inquiring Minds Volume B Textbook ...
The interrelationship between the oxpecker and large mammals such as the
buffalo has long been accepted to be mutualistic. The oxpecker benefits the
mammal by getting rid of parasitic ticks embedded in its skin, while the oxpecker
gets to ...
Tho Lai Hoong / Tho Mun Yi / Josephine Fong, 2008
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The oxpeckers are two species of bird which make up the family Buphagidae.
Eyvindr Lennox Raphael, 2013
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Daily Reading Comprehension, Grade 8: E-book
Nonfiction Text Features DAY 1 READ THE WEB ENTRY Think about the text
features that are included within the Web entry. oxpecker (also known as tickbird)
Light-brown bird that lives in sub=Saharan Africa on the Savannah. A relative of ...
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Photographic Guide to Birds of East Africa
Yrllmv-hilled Oxpecker Buphagmafricanm KTl 19cm Similar in appearance to the
Red-billed Oxpecker but with a distinctive red-tipped yellow bill and red eyes.
The upperparts are ashy-brown with a pule hnf'fy rump, and the throat and upper
...
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The Handy Science Answer Book
The bird, a relative of the starling, is called an oxpecker (a member of the
Sturnidae family). Found only in Africa, the yellow-billed oxpecker (Buphagus
africanus) is widespread over much of western and central Africa, while the red-
billed ...
Science and Technology Department Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, 2002
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Animal Life: Secrets of the Animal World Revealed
A taste for blood Yellow-billed oxpecker and African buffalo Like a number of
species of insectivorous birds, the yellow-billed oxpecker feeds in association
with herds of grazing and browsing mammals, possibly because the herds
disturb ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OXPECKER»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
oxpecker is used in the context of the following news items.
Health sciences university and health system: A mutual symbiosis
The oxpecker lives in close association with the impala; the bird benefits from a steady diet of ticks, its preferred food. The impala benefits from ... «Baylor College of Medicine News, Jul 15»
Let's make Britain wild again and find ourselves in nature
It is to the boar what the oxpecker is to the Cape buffalo. But boar are mostly absent from the UK, so the robin's survival depends on finding the ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
This side of paradise
We saw the red-billed oxpecker picking out ticks from wildebeests (a parasitic relationship) and heard the cisticolas cry 'weep-weep-weep'. «Hindu Business Line, Jul 15»
Rare spare shop
Kea only asked you to imagine yourself as a poacher.” The oxpecker thought deeply about this. “If I were a poacher I wouldn't dare enter the ... «The Hindu, Jun 15»
Askari Wa Kifaru's dilemma
“Psst, hey oxpecker, where are you? I think I am in danger from poachers. Raise an alarm!” whispered the agitated animal to a red-billed, ... «The Hindu, Jun 15»
Berg and Bush marks 'decade of dirt'
The first trail run on the Berg and Bush route was held at the weekend to help raise funds for the conservation of the oxpecker birds. «East Coast Radio, Jun 15»
Thieves raid huge rhino horn haul in Mozambique
A police spokesperson told the investigative journalism group Oxpecker that the horns had disappeared from the police headquarters in ... «Mail & Guardian Online, May 15»
Capitol Hill food+drink | Soi — the other ambitious restaurant project …
OK. We know who the oxpecker is — that's Soi. But the big water buffalo in the coming soon E Union restaurant's logo? That could be many ... «CHS Capitol Hill Seattle, May 15»
Hillary Clinton v. the Oxpeckers: Dead Candidate Walking
That the Hillary! candidacy is doomed is now a foregone conclusion. Madame Defarge has no aptitude for the job, only a taste for it, and a ... «PJ Media, Apr 15»
Golden Gnu Breeding May Be Regulated in South Africa
... Peter Oberem, said game farming as a whole has benefited populations of animals as diverse as dung beetles and oxpecker birds as former ... «Bloomberg, Apr 15»
