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The Cattle Egret

Bubulcus ibis

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Field Notes

Description:

It is a white bird adorned with buff plumes in the breeding season. They often accompany cattle or other large mammals, catching insect and small vertebrate prey disturbed by these animals.

Habitat:

It nests in colonies, usually near bodies of water and often with other wading birds.Their feeding habitats include seasonally inundated grasslands, pastures, farmlands, wetlands and rice paddies.

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Bio-Diversity of Western Ghats
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PublishedJune 29, 2013

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