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Cattle egret
Cattle egret (Western Cattle-Egret, Ardea ibis; formerly Bubulcus ibis): small stocky white heron that forages beside cattle for insects; split from Eastern Cattle-Egret in 2023; spread naturally from Africa to the Americas and beyond.
Sandhill crane
Sandhill crane (Antigone canadensis, Grus canadensis): abundant North American crane with six subspecies, three migratory and three non-migratory; Mid-Continent Population about 1.06 million, staging on the Platte River.
Shoebill
Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex), also called whale-headed stork, a Vulnerable solitary African swamp bird, sole member of Balaenicipitidae, related to pelicans and hamerkop, hunting lungfish with a foot-long bill.