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Bubulcus ibis CATTLE EGRET |
| The cattle egret, originally
from Africa, is a white heron (50 cm in length) with a yellow bill.
During breeding season it has yellow-orange plumes on head, neck and
back. Egrets spend the day in wet pastures. They eat grasshoppers
and beetles and remove ticks and flies from the backs of cattle. Egrets
nest in mangroves or other trees near rivers. |