found: Work cat.: 00066932: Delaney, M.C. Birdbrain Amos, 2002:p. 9 (tick bird)
found: Am. heritage dict.(oxpecker: either of two African starlings (Buphagus africanus or B. erythrorhyncus) that feed on ticks found on the hides of large wild or domestic animals)
found: Columbia electronic encyc., Aug. 21, 2006(oxpecker, common name for an African starling of the genus Buphagus. Also known as tickbirds; in family Sturnidae)
found: Wikipedia, Aug. 21, 2006(Oxpeckers are two species of bird which comprise the subfamily Buphaginae within the starling family Sturnidae (some ornithologists regard them as a separate family Buphagidae).
