Any suggestions on what legal birds or parts to use to recreate an oxpecker?
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You would need to get it right after it fledged, when it was still brownish.
What about domestic species - society finches, canaries, zebra finches, diamond doves, some Poicephalus parrots, and other brown or partly brown, legal birds?
A bullpecker. few people would know the difference
You can use a young starling, except the tails are longer on Oxpeckers (they are in the starling family anyway).
I doubt you can find a head that will work as they have differnt bills. I'm sure you could create something even if you have to use dyes in the feathers. You might look into a ringnecked dove and some dye and sculpt bill and some eye rings...sounds like a fun projsect to me !
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