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Cow Birds

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It didn’t take much imagination to name Cowbirds or Cattle Egrets or Cattle Tyrants , but there’s more fantasy, even more wit, involved in the naming of other bovine birds. They’re all named for livestock. The genus Bucephala includes three familiar ducks with big heads. Wicked, right?

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Collaborative list – August 2019

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12796 Tucson Avenue, Mount Lemmon, Arizona, US (32.442, -110.758) Private residence. 12796 Tucson Avenue, Mount Lemmon, Arizona, US (32.442, -110.758) Private residence. 12796 Tucson Avenue, Mount Lemmon, Arizona, US (32.442, -110.758) Private residence. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. 11 Aug 2019. 11 Aug 2019.

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Collaborative List – March 2019

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Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Gene C Reid Park, Tucson US-AZ (32.2076,-110.9233). Barn Owl – Tyto alba. Mountain Scops-Owl – Otus spilocephalus. Indian Scops-Owl – Otus bakkamoena. Sunda Scops-Owl – Otus lempiji. Bare-shanked Screech-Owl – Megascops clarkii.

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Collaborative list – April 2019

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Snowy Owl – Bubo scandiacus. Northern Saw-whet Owl – Aegolius acadicus. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl – Glaucidium brasilianum. Great Horned Owl – Bubo virginianus. Short-eared Owl – Asio flammeus. Long-eared Owl – Asio otus. 01 Jan 2019.

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Collaborative list – May 2019

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Little Owl – Athene noctua. Elf Owl – Micrathene whitneyi. Barking Owl – Ninox connivens. Flammulated Owl – Psiloscops flammeolus. Central American Pygmy-Owl – Glaucidium griseiceps. 6900 South Jamie Avenue, Tucson, Arizona, US (32.19, -111.112). 28 May 2019. 28 May 2019.

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