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Cattle Egret

Bubulcus ibis

They arrived in the US, in Florida, in 1941. They were first found in Oklahoma in 1962, the same year they reached California. They associate with and are often perched on cattle and other large mammals, who disturb the insects the egrets eat.

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Life in the Water

CONSERVATION STATUS

Least Concern

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Red and Yellow Barbet

Trachyphonus erythrocephalus Related to our native woodpeckers, this colorful barbet is found in the semi-arid brush country of eastern Africa where they tunnel their…

Seba’s Short-Tailed Bat

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Sulawesi Forest Turtle

Leucocephalon yuwonoi Although they like to spend time in the water, this short-clawed turtle cannot swim well. Only discovered in 1995 and rarely observed…

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