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tala-ed

English: Translation
Cattle Egret; Eastern Cattle Egret. A small, stocky white heron commonly seen in rice fields, pastures, grasslands, and other open agricultural areas. It characteristically walks near cattle, carabaos, and other large grazing animals, catching insects and other small prey disturbed by their movement
Notes

The adult is predominantly white outside the breeding season, with a yellow bill and yellowish to greyish legs. During the breeding season, the bird develops conspicuous golden-orange or buff-colored plumage on the head, neck, breast, and back.

Scientific name:
Ardea coromanda (Boddaert, 1783)

Former or alternative scientific names:
Bubulcus coromandus
Bubulcus ibis coromandus
Bubulcus ibis, in classifications treating the eastern and western populations as one species.

English: Eastern Cattle Egret; Cattle Egret
Family: Ardeidae

USAGE

Agko mga tala-ed sa oma.
“There are cattle egrets in the rice field.”

Nipanoka’ yo tala-ed sa arani nyo damolag.
“The cattle egret is feeding near the carabao.”

Nangagsoronoran yo mga tala-ed sa mga damolag.
“The cattle egrets followed the carabaos around.”

IDENTIFICATION NOTE

The tala-ed is distinguished from the more slender white egrets by its comparatively compact body, shorter and thicker neck, sturdy yellow bill, and frequent association with livestock and cultivated fields. Unlike many other herons, it commonly feeds on relatively dry ground rather than remaining beside open water.

TAXONOMIC NOTE

The bird occurring across the Philippines belongs to the eastern Asian–Australasian cattle-egret population traditionally called Bubulcus ibis coromandus or Bubulcus coromandus. Many modern classifications recognize it as a separate species, the Eastern Cattle Egret.

The IOC World Bird List now places the cattle egrets within the genus Ardea because phylogenetic evidence indicates that the former genus Bubulcus is embedded within Ardea. Under this treatment, the currently accepted combination is Ardea coromanda. Older and still widely encountered references may retain Bubulcus coromandus or place it under the broader species Bubulcus ibis. (World Bird Names)

CULTURAL–ECOLOGICAL NOTE

The name refers to a familiar agricultural bird whose feeding behavior closely connects it with cattle, carabaos, rice cultivation, and open farmland. The bird takes advantage of insects and other small animals flushed from grass or soil by grazing livestock, farm machinery, or human activity. Its presence in the Boie’nen lexicon preserves a locally recognized relationship among birds, domesticated animals, and the cultivated landscape. (Avifauna)