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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.

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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). Bajada Washington Trail, Tucson, Arizona, US (32.278, -111.199). Gene C Reid Park, Tucson US-AZ (32.2076,-110.9233). Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. 8272 San Joaquin rd, Tucson, Arizona, US (32.175, -111.142).

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Collaborative list – April 2019

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White-throated Sparrow – Zonotrichia albicollis. Song Sparrow – Melospiza melodia. House Sparrow – Passer domesticus. Golden-crowned Sparrow – Zonotrichia atricapilla. Fox Sparrow – Passerella iliaca. Swamp Sparrow – Melospiza georgiana. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis.

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Collaborative list – May 2019

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Spanish Sparrow – Passer hispaniolensis. Rusty-crowned Ground-Sparrow – Melozone kieneri. 6900 South Jamie Avenue, Tucson, Arizona, US (32.19, -111.112). stakeout Five-striped Sparrow, Box Canyon (2017-9). Five-striped Sparrow – Amphispiza quinquestriata. Sind Sparrow – Passer pyrrhonotus.

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