A Red-billed Oxpecker (Buphagus erythrorhynchus) takes advantage of a free meal from a wounded Hippo (Hippopotamus amphibius) in the Maasai Mara, Kenya.

hippopotamus (hippopotamus amphibius) natural reserve adult alone deworm eat posing masai mara national reserve hippopotamus red billed oxpeckers (buphagus erythrorhynchus) wounded buphagus vulnerable (iucn) vu cites appendix 2 least concern (iucn) lc february nobody hippopotamus (hippopotamidae sp) even toed ungulate ungulate mammal wild animal environment protection environment management biodiversity management environment stage of development individual enumeration rift valley province kenya east africa africa continent hippopotamidae artiodactyla mammalia vertebrata oxpecker passerine bird ill health sturnidae passeriformes aves iucn red list of threatened species species convention on international trade in endangered species of wild low risk (iucn) lr month of year hippopotamuses (hippopotamus amphibius) nature reserves nature reserve adults single lonely only solo one lone dewormed deworming dewormer dewormings deworms eating feed feeding eaten swallow swallowing swallowed posed pose settlings settling masai mara (nature reserve) masai mara (game reserve) red billed oxpecker (buphagus erythrorhynchus) injure injuring hurtful wound wounds hurts hurt hurting injured vulnerable species least concern species with nobody hippopotamus amphibius buphagus erythrorhynchus