10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2014

I’d like to introduce you to a diminutive heron, the Cattle Egret Bubuclus ibis. The Cattle Egret is native to Africa, where it is a familiar sight among herds of large mammals. Cattle Egret is more closely related to herons in the genus Ardea then the species termed egrets in the genus Egretta. ibis and the eastern B.

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Cattle South Korea Suriname Seychelles 170

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2022

Here, nervous Cattle Egrets trying to quit smoking pace restlessly on buffalos. As it seems to be the custom for birds of prey, its name has been taken by an Indian Navy helicopter base (INS Shikra) and adopted as a mascot by 149 Squadron of the Singaporean Air Force (Wikipedia).

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Branding Micronesia Buffalo Birds 179

10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2023

Cattle Egrets are thoroughly modern birds – they were among the first species to ditch mailed letters for faxes, then switched to email early, and now (at least in China) mostly communicate by WeChat. They are also early adopters with regard to their foraging – nowadays mostly following tractors rather than cattle.

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Birds Eggs Breeders Breeding 130

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 12, 2016

Though not officially adopted until 1967, the Nevada Federation of Women’s Clubs voted for the Mountain Bluebird all the way back in 1930 and 1931. Mountain Bluebird populations initially benefited from clearing land for timber and cattle crazing in the 19th and early 20th centuries, as this led to the open habitat that they prefer.

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Nevada Idaho United States Alaska 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 27, 2019

I pushed for Wikipedia to adopt them, and then to follow the taxonomy, and given the dominance of Wikipedia in Google search results, this is no small thing. Similarly when the Hoopoe and Cattle Egret were split, these are widespread birds with huge ranges even after the split. I’m not blind to the list’s faults, though.

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Iran Barn Owls New Zealand Europe 128

10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2022

This Cattle Egret has just read a paper stating that it would be 3.6 On the other hand, there have been reports of Black-crowned Night Heron chicks being adopted by Common Terns ( source ). Now comes my question: Which of the two categories described do you think this paper belongs to? No wonder it looks a bit pissed off.

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Birds Japan South Korea Abandon 162

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

Thus, the cattle we raise for meat and dairy are sometimes called Bos taurus while the extinct wild form is always called Bos primigenius. Long before that time Mexican domesticated Turkeys had been adopted by Native Americans in the American Southwest as well.

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