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Cattle Egret – Specimen 3 – ssp. coromandus – Breeding Male

Details

Subspecies: Bubulcus ibis coromandus (Boddaert, 1783)
Unique ID: FTLB-GJ-031003

Date: 25 July 2022
Gender: Male
Location: Kutch, Gujarat, India
Reason for death: Roadkill

Overall

Wingspan: 880 mm
One wing: 400 mm
Body Length with tail: 510 mm
Tail Length: 95.3 mm


Head & Beak

Head Length: 114.5 mm
Head Width: 22.1 mm
Beak Length: 59.4 mm
Beak Width: 10.8 mm
Gape Length: 74.7 mm
Gape Width: 17.1 mm

Legs

Femur: 51.6 mm
Tibiotarsus: 105.1 mm
Tarsometatarsus: 80.0 mm
Digit 1: 29.3 mm
Digit 2: 39.8 mm
Digit 3: 57.5 mm
Digit 4: 49.1 mm
Talon 1: 21.6 mm
Talon 2: 15.3 mm
Talon 3: 12.1 mm
Talon 4: 10.9 mm

Full Wing - Dorsal View
Full Wing - Ventral View
Tail - Dorsal View
Tail - Ventral View

PrimariesWing Feathers

P10 (184 mm) Compare

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P9 (193 mm) Compare

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P8 (197 mm) Compare

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P7 (201 mm) Compare

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P6 (194 mm) Compare

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P5 (185 mm) Compare

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P4 (177 mm) Compare

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P3 (172 mm) Compare

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P2 (164 mm) Compare

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P1 (155 mm) Compare

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Secondaries/TertialsWing Feathers

S1 (146.1 mm) Compare

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S2 (149.2 mm) Compare

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S3 (149.2 mm) Compare

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S4 (146.3 mm) Compare

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S6 (143.8 mm) Compare

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S7 (144.8 mm) Compare

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S8 (141.6 mm) Compare

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S9 (143.2 mm) Compare

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S10 (147.2 mm) Compare

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S11 (149.7 mm) Compare

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S12 (147.9 mm) Compare

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S13 (143.3 mm) Compare

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S14 (145.3 mm) Compare

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S15 (138.4 mm) Compare

Alulas

A1 (77.3 mm) Compare

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A2 (78.8 mm) Compare

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A3 (66.3 mm) Compare

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RectricesTail Feathers

R1 (91.8 mm) Compare

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R2 (92.3 mm) Compare

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R3 (92.1 mm) Compare

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R4 (90.4 mm) Compare

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R5 (92.4 mm) Compare

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R6 (94.3 mm) Compare

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