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71. Cattle Egret
(Cattle egret ) (Bubulcus ibis )
Siswati: lilanda
Very common breeding resident in all regions.
Malolotja Mantenga Mlawula
Malolotja Information:
Irregular visitor to the reserve. Recorded at the Forbes Reef Dam and a common resident on Hawane Vlei.
Vleis, dams and rivers
Malolotja information from the Bird Checklist for Malolotja (printed in the late 1980's, sponsored by the Natural History Society of Eswatini), supplemented with information from Roberts' Birds of Southern Africa, 1985.
Checklist, comments and distribution information from the Eswatini Bird Atlas by Vincent Parker, digital data provided by the Avian Demography Unit, Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Cape Town (http://www.aviandemographyunit.org). SiSwati names from SNTC and Big Game Parks.
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