Showing posts with label Bubulcus ibis. Show all posts
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Sunday, October 9, 2016

CATTLE EGRET

Photographed in Denpasar, Bali October 2016
(see  216)                 CATTLE EGRET                Bubulcus ibis

INDONESIA (Bali)         (10)

Frequents open country, especially large grassy lowlands and flooded fields; often follows cattle around, catching insects, frogs and insects that the animals stir up as they graze. Range: worldwide warm climates, nomadic: Sumatra, Java, Bali and Sulawesi, generally common and locally abundant throughout Sundra and Wallacea.