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Black Angus beef cattle grazing in a lush pasture.

Cow grazing in the field with heron around her - Chitwan National Park, Nepal

$Western Cattle Egret.\nThe western cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis) is a species of heron (family Ardeidae) found in the tropics, subtropics and warm temperate zones. Most taxonomic authorities lump this species and the eastern cattle egret together (called the cattle egret), but some (including the International Ornithologists' Union) separate them. Despite the similarities in plumage to the egrets of the genus Egretta, it is more closely related to the herons of Ardea. Originally native to parts of Asia, Africa and Europe, it has undergone a rapid expansion in its distribution and successfully colonised much of the rest of the world in the last century.\n\nIt is a white bird adorned with buff plumes in the breeding season. It nests in colonies, usually near bodies of water and often with other wading birds. The nest is a platform of sticks in trees or shrubs. Western cattle egrets exploit drier and open habitats more than other heron species. Their feeding habitats include seasonally inundated grasslands, pastures, farmlands, wetlands and rice paddies. They often accompany cattle or other large mammals, catching insect and small vertebrate prey disturbed by these animals. Some populations of the cattle egret are migratory and others show post-breeding dispersal.\n\nThe adult cattle egret has few predators, but birds or mammals may raid its nests, and chicks may be lost to starvation, calcium deficiency or disturbance from other large birds. This species maintains a special relationship with cattle, which extends to other large grazing mammals; wider human farming is believed to be a major cause of their suddenly expanded range. The cattle egret removes ticks and flies from cattle and consumes them. This benefits both species, but it has been implicated in the spread of tick-borne animal diseases.$

A wide view of a black and white cow standing in river water during the summer

white heron walking in the green pasture, next to a small herd of cattle, to feed on its parasites - ITAQUAQUECETUBA, SAO PAULO, BRAZIL.

Buffalo with a cattle egret -bulbulcus ibis, on green field

A lonely cow in front of road in a field stock photo

White egrets and cows are looking for food in the rice fields

Cow grazing on a green field near lake.Cow grazing on a green field near lake.

Holsteins cows dairy farm barn at Maharashtra, India. Holstein-Friesian is the most widespread cattle breed in the world.

Branded cattle grazing in a meadow filled with garbage beneath coco nut palm trees close to the beach north of the city Trincomalee in the north eastern part of Sri Lanka

Buffalo grazing with its herd on a green meadow

Black colored asian cattle on farm in Chiang Mai province

The egrets feed close to where the cattle are grazing, as the cattle's movement stirs up and flushes out insects from the vegetation that the egrets can then feed on.

An Angus beef cow experiencing heat stress, standing neck-deep in a pond in a southern pasture.

close up shot of buffalo italian buffalo and indian buffalo at water lake

Herd of cattle are enjoying outdoor with group of birds.

Burmese village on the road to Ava, Myanmar

Cows grazing under coconut palms on the popular tropical beach north of the city Trincomalee in the north eastern part of Sri Lanka

Shimmering vibrant colours and diversity of species such as these Buffalo and Cattle Egrets, marks Costa Rica as one of the principal Central America countries with a coastal territory and tropical rainforest that hosts migration from north America and south America to give it unparalleled numbers and variation of birdlife

Meadow in Tamil Nadu - Karnataka state border, India

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