| Common Name : | Cattle egret. |
| Binomial Name : | Bubulcus ibis |
| Family : | Ardeidae |
| Bengali Name : | Gobok ( |
| Photo Taken : | Bangladesh |
A Cattle egret is waiting for prey beside paddy field.
Cattle egret is a very common bird from heron family that is native to Asia, Europe, and Africa. Later it was dispersed into everywhere. Binomial name of the bird is Bubulcus ibis (They are the only species from the genus). It belongs to the bird family Ardeidae. In Bangladesh this bird is known as Gobok (
Cattle egrets (Bubulcus ibis) are a normal sized heron bird. They are bright white in color with yellow (or orange) colored bill. Feet of the birds are long and black in color. Both sexes are similar but males are slightly larger. During the breeding season they gets golden colored plumage in head, neck, breast, and back. Also the bill, foot, and eyes turns into red during that period. For the juvenile Cattle egret, the bill is black in color. Cattle egrets are having short neck.
Cattle egrets (Bubulcus ibis) prefer to live in dry land. During the paddy plantation period the farmers use to plow the land which uncovers lot of earth worms and other insects from the soil. That is a good time to see plenty of cattle egrets in one place. They prefer to live in a group instead of living alone. During my traveling I've seen thousands of Cattle egrets were standing beside the river bank in a line.
A large group of Cattle egrets (Bubulcus ibis) near a paddy field beside the river.
They prefer to make their nests in woodlands near river banks, lakes, coastal line, etc. In South Asia the breeding season is the monsoon. They are often seen perching on the back of the cattle. They use to pick the ticks or flies from the cattle.
A large group of Cattle egrets (Bubulcus ibis) near a paddy field beside the river.
Cattle egrets (Bubulcus ibis) are foraging on a paddy seedbeds.
Cattle egrets (Bubulcus ibis) are foraging on a paddy seedbeds.
Plowing in paddy field uncovered the earth insects. Opportunistic Cattle egrets (Bubulcus ibis) are looking for their food.
Plowing in paddy field uncovered the earth insects. Opportunistic Cattle egrets (Bubulcus ibis) are looking for their food.
A large number of Cattle egrets (Bubulcus ibis) are in early morning beside river bank.
A large number of Cattle egrets (Bubulcus ibis) are in early morning beside river bank.
A large number of Cattle egrets (Bubulcus ibis) are in early morning beside river bank.
A large number of Cattle egrets (Bubulcus ibis) are in early morning beside river bank.
Probably this Cattle egret is patrolling around in grass.
Photos of Cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis) were taken from the following locations of Bangladesh:
1. November 2014 Nagorpur, Tangail.
2. December 2014: Baikka beel, Srimongol.
3. December 2014: Kukri-mukri, Bhola.
4. January 2015: Lohagor, Chandpur.
5. January 2015: Lakhutia, Barisal.
This article has written by Lonely Traveler,
for the blog http://icbird.blogspot.com/
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