Cattle Egret (Ardeola ibis). Turning head on neck one hundred and eighty degrees to look behind 15 cervical vertebrae allow this

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Cattle Egret (Ardeola ibis). Twisting neck to look over behind. Some fifteen cervical or neck vertebrae enable this to happen. Ethiopia. Widely distributed. None breeding plumage. Often associates with large mammals, domestic and wild.

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