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Hi all,
In my experience, Cattle Egret always go with Water buffalo instead of Cattle. What is Ur views? User:Kclama
I have four that regularly visit my front yard, whenever our three goats are out to pasture far enough from the house. The impression that I get is that they will associate with any animal that disturbs or attracts the insects they feed on. Whenever a Water buffalo passes by (the neighbors have one), they ignore the goats. It seems given the choice, they prefer the bigger animal. Perhaps the Water buffalo somehow attract more insects compared to cattle because of their grazing habits? I'm not certain, and this certainly can't be considered encyclopedic content, but you asked for my view, so here it is. :-) Alternativity 19:48, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
A Cattle Egret was observed from October 9 to 18, 2006 (ratified by the Finnish Rarities Committee on December 9) in Pekkala, Rovaniemi, Finland ( 66°21′22″ N 26°49′41″ E) – or 22.6 km (14.0 mi) south of the Arctic Circle – and I was wondering has this species been observed this north ever before? This was only the second natural occurrence of the species in Finland (the previous was from May 15 to 17, 2002 in Storby, Eckerö; there's also one more record of a "coromandus" type bird from Märäjälahti, Lieksa and neaby area from July 31 to August 18, 1994, but this was an escape). I saw the bird myself on October 17, and only a minute or two later it started snowing – something this species is unlikely very familiar with. A Cattle Egret, believed to be the same individual, was previously (October 6 to 8) observed in Niemelänkylä, Ylivieska, meaning that it had traveled a distance of at least 274 km (170 mi) in one day. You can find photographs of all said individuals on this page. -- Anshelm '77 14:30, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
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Lots of pretty so-so images in there. It can perhaps go now that we have enough space in the article to stick lost of the better images in? Sabine's Sunbird talk 02:41, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
Jimfbleak ( talk) 06:25, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
Sabine's Sunbird talk 01:06, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
Jimfbleak ( talk) 09:32, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
I got to ref 17 before disrupted by edit conflicts. Please, please, please
Jimfbleak ( talk) 10:27, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
I don't know your protocol here for reporting. But I do know plagiarism. I don't know if this was plagiarized, or it is plagiarism. The very first spot I found it was is SANBI. I don't know which is primary or if the author did the citation. DrPMO 17:43, 3 July 2022 (UTC)
I ran this. So what? Jimfbleak ( talk) 14:46, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
Guys, do you want to run this one through GA? Looks near enough to that level to be a good staging point and a chance for a fresh pair of eyes on it. Cheers, Casliber ( talk · contribs) 10:36, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
OK, I'm ready if someone wants to nom Jimfbleak ( talk) 07:01, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
Some of the captions of the images do not include the subspecies. Also, I wonder if it would be clearer and simpler to have separate subsections for each subspecies. Is an image of one of the subspecies missing? The lay out of the images do not make it easy to compare the subspecies. The diet in the introduction is not clear except it eats insects, and could be misleading if only the introduction is read. Snowman ( talk) 09:24, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
Where do they find enough drinking water in their typical habitat of dry grassland? Snowman ( talk) 13:08, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
A commons link is useful since there really are a large number of images out there. Unfortunately the commons template needs some space and it is best accomodated within an external links section with at least about 2 or 3 links. Shyamal ( talk) 15:26, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
The male advertises in a tree in the colony How? Jimfbleak ( talk) 16:46, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
Can't get the Google book link to work, try again later. Why is status a subheading of relationships with humans? Better as a heading, or, given its brevity, as a subheading of distribution and behaviour. Jimfbleak ( talk) 06:31, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
Okay, so what else do we need to send this all the way? I'd suggest getting a new pair of eyes to pick over the prose, but it looks fairly good to me overall. Sabine's Sunbird talk 04:14, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
- Ravedave ( talk) 17:21, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
This species is or has been found in almost every country on Earth, and the swathe of country wikiprojects claiming it seemed slightly ridiculous. For that reason I removed the tags. I wonder how long before country wikiprojects claim things like air and roads just because they occur in their country too. Sabine's Sunbird talk 00:31, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
It was the benefit to stock that prompted ranchers and the Hawaiian Board of Agriculture and Forestry to release the species in Hawaii.
From "The Herons" by Kushlan and Hancock, it listed Cattle Egret as Ardea Ibis as biochemical studies found that it is closer to Ardea. Should the Bubulcus replaced with Ardea based on the biochemical studies as written on the book?
Not sure about the type locality tag on this page, but if you see J L Peter's Checklist you will find that B. ibis is restricted to Egypt while B. ibis coromandus is given as Coromandel (probably Pondicherry). Shyamal ( talk) 10:16, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
Just giving this a quick read through (late to the party, sorry). I'll list anything that needs fixing and for which there isn't an immediately obvious solution here:
SP-KP ( talk) 18:30, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
Spotted this today at work - while focused on South Georgia, it mentions in passing that the cattle egret has been recorded as far south as the Argentine Islands off the Antarctic Peninsula, about five degrees further south than the South Orkney Islands. Andrew Gray ( talk) 17:11, 27 April 2015 (UTC)
This article and Bubulcus deal with the same subject. The main difference is that this article uses the lumper approach and that one uses the splitter approach. This does not warrant two articles. Wikipedia should pick one approach and stick to it. I'm not sure which approach that should be, but it's worth noting that both Eastern cattle egret and Western cattle egret take the splitter approach. Per WP:COMMONNAME, the article should be called Cattle egret. Grey Clownfish ( talk) 00:26, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
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![]() | This article was nominated for merging with Western cattle egret on 7 March 2019. The result of the discussion ( permanent link) was "No consensus". |
![]() | This article refers to a taxon that doesn't have its type locality listed. If you can, please provide it. |
Hi all,
In my experience, Cattle Egret always go with Water buffalo instead of Cattle. What is Ur views? User:Kclama
I have four that regularly visit my front yard, whenever our three goats are out to pasture far enough from the house. The impression that I get is that they will associate with any animal that disturbs or attracts the insects they feed on. Whenever a Water buffalo passes by (the neighbors have one), they ignore the goats. It seems given the choice, they prefer the bigger animal. Perhaps the Water buffalo somehow attract more insects compared to cattle because of their grazing habits? I'm not certain, and this certainly can't be considered encyclopedic content, but you asked for my view, so here it is. :-) Alternativity 19:48, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
A Cattle Egret was observed from October 9 to 18, 2006 (ratified by the Finnish Rarities Committee on December 9) in Pekkala, Rovaniemi, Finland ( 66°21′22″ N 26°49′41″ E) – or 22.6 km (14.0 mi) south of the Arctic Circle – and I was wondering has this species been observed this north ever before? This was only the second natural occurrence of the species in Finland (the previous was from May 15 to 17, 2002 in Storby, Eckerö; there's also one more record of a "coromandus" type bird from Märäjälahti, Lieksa and neaby area from July 31 to August 18, 1994, but this was an escape). I saw the bird myself on October 17, and only a minute or two later it started snowing – something this species is unlikely very familiar with. A Cattle Egret, believed to be the same individual, was previously (October 6 to 8) observed in Niemelänkylä, Ylivieska, meaning that it had traveled a distance of at least 274 km (170 mi) in one day. You can find photographs of all said individuals on this page. -- Anshelm '77 14:30, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
Support:
Comments:
Lots of pretty so-so images in there. It can perhaps go now that we have enough space in the article to stick lost of the better images in? Sabine's Sunbird talk 02:41, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
Jimfbleak ( talk) 06:25, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
Sabine's Sunbird talk 01:06, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
Jimfbleak ( talk) 09:32, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
I got to ref 17 before disrupted by edit conflicts. Please, please, please
Jimfbleak ( talk) 10:27, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
I don't know your protocol here for reporting. But I do know plagiarism. I don't know if this was plagiarized, or it is plagiarism. The very first spot I found it was is SANBI. I don't know which is primary or if the author did the citation. DrPMO 17:43, 3 July 2022 (UTC)
I ran this. So what? Jimfbleak ( talk) 14:46, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
Guys, do you want to run this one through GA? Looks near enough to that level to be a good staging point and a chance for a fresh pair of eyes on it. Cheers, Casliber ( talk · contribs) 10:36, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
OK, I'm ready if someone wants to nom Jimfbleak ( talk) 07:01, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
Some of the captions of the images do not include the subspecies. Also, I wonder if it would be clearer and simpler to have separate subsections for each subspecies. Is an image of one of the subspecies missing? The lay out of the images do not make it easy to compare the subspecies. The diet in the introduction is not clear except it eats insects, and could be misleading if only the introduction is read. Snowman ( talk) 09:24, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
Where do they find enough drinking water in their typical habitat of dry grassland? Snowman ( talk) 13:08, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
A commons link is useful since there really are a large number of images out there. Unfortunately the commons template needs some space and it is best accomodated within an external links section with at least about 2 or 3 links. Shyamal ( talk) 15:26, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
The male advertises in a tree in the colony How? Jimfbleak ( talk) 16:46, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
Can't get the Google book link to work, try again later. Why is status a subheading of relationships with humans? Better as a heading, or, given its brevity, as a subheading of distribution and behaviour. Jimfbleak ( talk) 06:31, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
Okay, so what else do we need to send this all the way? I'd suggest getting a new pair of eyes to pick over the prose, but it looks fairly good to me overall. Sabine's Sunbird talk 04:14, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
- Ravedave ( talk) 17:21, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
This species is or has been found in almost every country on Earth, and the swathe of country wikiprojects claiming it seemed slightly ridiculous. For that reason I removed the tags. I wonder how long before country wikiprojects claim things like air and roads just because they occur in their country too. Sabine's Sunbird talk 00:31, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
It was the benefit to stock that prompted ranchers and the Hawaiian Board of Agriculture and Forestry to release the species in Hawaii.
From "The Herons" by Kushlan and Hancock, it listed Cattle Egret as Ardea Ibis as biochemical studies found that it is closer to Ardea. Should the Bubulcus replaced with Ardea based on the biochemical studies as written on the book?
Not sure about the type locality tag on this page, but if you see J L Peter's Checklist you will find that B. ibis is restricted to Egypt while B. ibis coromandus is given as Coromandel (probably Pondicherry). Shyamal ( talk) 10:16, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
Just giving this a quick read through (late to the party, sorry). I'll list anything that needs fixing and for which there isn't an immediately obvious solution here:
SP-KP ( talk) 18:30, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
Spotted this today at work - while focused on South Georgia, it mentions in passing that the cattle egret has been recorded as far south as the Argentine Islands off the Antarctic Peninsula, about five degrees further south than the South Orkney Islands. Andrew Gray ( talk) 17:11, 27 April 2015 (UTC)
This article and Bubulcus deal with the same subject. The main difference is that this article uses the lumper approach and that one uses the splitter approach. This does not warrant two articles. Wikipedia should pick one approach and stick to it. I'm not sure which approach that should be, but it's worth noting that both Eastern cattle egret and Western cattle egret take the splitter approach. Per WP:COMMONNAME, the article should be called Cattle egret. Grey Clownfish ( talk) 00:26, 30 November 2023 (UTC)