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| Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis coromandus
- Breeding plumaged adult in flight |
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| Photographer : | © N Shiva Kumar |
| Location : | Keoladeo Ghana Bird Sanctuary, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India |
| Date : |
7 July 2008 |
| English synonyms: | Buff-backed Heron, Common Cattle Egret, Common Cattle-Egret, Eastern Cattle Egret (coromandus), Eastern Cattle-Egret (coromandus), Western Cattle Egret (ibis), Western Cattle-Egret (ibis), Cattle Heron, Cow Bird, Cow Heron, Cow Crane |
| Bird Family : | Ardeidae - Egrets, Herons & Bitterns |
| Bird Group : | CICONIIFORMES |
| Red Data Status : | Least Concern |
| Remarks : | The egret in golden yellow breeding plumage is set to repair its nest of twigs.
The egrets do not seem to mind sitting on thorny twigs of the nest.
How the young also avoid the poky thorns is intriguing. |
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