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Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)
Linnaeus, 1758. 3 subspecies recognized, here is shown the nominal one.
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Feeding
Very terrestrial heron, it frecuently feeds in pasture lands, most of the times associated to cattle, which they persecute feeding on the prey it movilizes. They feed on insects, molluscs, crustaceans, small reptiles, amphibians, mammals and birds.
Transpantaneira, Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil, Neotropical Region
Date: 5 july 2008
Author: Alex García
 
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