Springwatch presenter Michaela Strachan has stated she "wouldn't be upset" if co-host Chris Packham earns greater than her.
She advised the Daily Mirror "you cannot pay" for Packham's data and experience on the stay BBC nature present.
"What Chris brings to Springwatch in terms of knowledge is way more than what I can bring," the presenter added.
While they've a comparable quantity of air time on the present, Strachan stated: "I'm not interested in what he earns from itit's none of my business."
The BBC press workplace stated they would not be commenting on Strachan's remarks.
Strachan, who has been working with Packham for many years, stated of the present: "I really like doing it, I am pleased with what I receives a commission.
"If Chris was paid extra, and I do not know if he's, I would not be upset since you can not pay for his data, it is an extraordinary data.
"Chris is extraordinary and the campaigning that he does is extraordinary and I feel he is everybody's hero on the group at Springwatch.
"So I'm not interested in what he earns from it."
The pair introduced The Really Wild Show collectively from 1993 to 1995 and have been internet hosting Springwatch since 2011. They additionally entrance its spin-off Autumnwatch, which returns to screens later this 12 months.
Strachan added: "It's a fact that the programme would not be as good if there were two Chris Packhams or two Michaela Strachans and that's why Springwatch works so well as we both have different strengths."
Equal pay for co-stars has been a matter of rivalry over latest months.
The makers of Netflix present The Crown needed to apologise to Claire Foy and Matt Smith when it emerged that she was paid lower than him for enjoying The Queen, reverse his Duke of Edinburgh.
And Eleanor Tomlinson, who performs Demelza in Poldark, stated she would be "pretty upset" if she and Aidan Turner weren't paid the identical on BBC drama Poldark.
But it was then confirmed by the manufacturing firm of the present that there was a pay disparity, with Mammoth Screen explaining that Turnerwho performs Poldarkhad "significantly more screen time than any other character".