cattle egret feeding on a freshly ploughed field starting to show breeding colours Latin bubulcus ibis and once called a buff-backed heron

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Size: 5472px × 3648px
Location: Montecassiano, province of Macerata, Le Marche, Italy
Photo credit: © Ruth Swan / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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