#Bubulcus ibis

[birdblues]

Cattle Egret

[sugiichi]

Bubulcus ibis [アマサギ,Cattle egret]

稲刈りの終わった田んぼの畔で、休憩していました。

[kavohh707]

Western cattle egret on a roof of the perfect colour to accentuate their orange plume feathers.

[great-and-small]

This is an appreciation post for the cattle egret’s very slick peach hairdo

[inatungulates]

West African savanna buffalo Syncerus nanus brachyceros

With yellow-billed oxpecker Buphagus africanus, on buffalo, and western cattle egret Bubulcus ibis, on ground

Observed by mathiasdhaen, CC BY-NC-ND

[snototter]

A cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis) in Ankarafantsika National Park, Madagascar

by Frank Vassen

[atamagaitai]

cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis) by Victor Castro

[whats-in-a-sentence]

Herons and Egrets are highly social birds, nesting in dense colonies that may include birds of many different species.

"Biological Exuberance: Animal Homosexuality and Natural Diversity" - Bruce Bagemihl

[critter-captures]

Western cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis) (breeding plumage), family Ardeidae (herons)

Develop long golden-orange plumes on head, back, and breast during the breeding season. During a short period in the peak of the breeding season, bill, legs, and irises also become bright red (5th picture).

Dierenpark Zie-ZOO, taken June 2024

[sundevouredearth]

Uma batalha perdida

[birdblues]

Cattle Egret

[sugiichi]

Bubulcus ibis [アマサギ,Cattle egret]

隻眼のアマサギ！

[kavohh707]

Showing of both sides, ruffled by the wind - the Western cattle egret.

[inatungulates]

African bush elephant Loxodonta africana

With western cattle egret Bubulcus ibis (middle left and right) and long-toed lapwing Vanellus crassirostris (back left)

Observed by cuihenggang, public domain

[oh-dear-so-queer]

Since males that participate in homosexual activity almost always have female mates, they are technically bisexual (and some birds may even participate in "group" sexual activity involving both males and females simultaneously, as in Little Blue Herons). In Little Egrets, about one-quarter of the male population engages in homosexual mounting, in Gray Herons 5-7 percent of males are involved in such activity, while in Cattle Egrets six out of ten males in one colony participated in same-sex mounting.

"Biological Exuberance: Animal Homosexuality and Natural Diversity" - Bruce Bagemihl