Category : Birds Share
Scientific Name : Bubulcus ibis Linnaeus
Created By: Abhishek Bhor, Department of Botany, Annasaheb Awate Arts, Commerce and Hutatma Babu Genu Science College, Manchar
Created On: 18-09-2022
Specimen Information
Common Name(s):गायबगळा, Cattle Egret
Synonym(s): Bubulcus ibis ibis Bubulcus ibis coromandus
Family: Ardeidae
Status: LC
Description
Length : 51 cm. Size: About the size of a village chicken. Identification : All white white. Yellow beak and dark legs. During the breeding season, the head, neck and back are covered with reddish orange feathers; The legs become red, the skin between the beak and eyes becomes red. Often seen with cattle, on their backs. Plowing is always seen in fields. Grazing and swarming at night. Range : Resident. Everywhere in Maharashtra. Habitat: Malrane, paddy fields, banks of ponds, paddy fields, city garbage sites, forest clearings. Food: Grasshoppers, frogs, night insects, lizards, buffaloes, gophers, fishes etc.