What animal eats ticks?

Some birds are natural predators of ticks. Ground-feeding birds like chickens and guinea fowl eat ticks, and their favorites are deer ticks.

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Species of Ixodes

Australian paralysis tick Eastern black-legged tick Castor bean tick Western Blacklegged Tick Taiga tick

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Castor bean tick (Ixodes ricinus)

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