Indivivual Behavior of Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) in Asam Kumbang Crocodile Farm, Medan City, North Sumatra

Erni Jumilawaty, Muhammad Dicky Syahputra

2019

Abstract

Research on the behavior of individual cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis) in the Asam Kumbang Crocodile Farm Area, Medan Selayang District, Medan City, North Sumatra, was completed from December 2018 to February 2019. Data were collected using the Scan Sampling method. This study aims to determine individual behavior. The results found 5 types of individual sub-behavior for 3,780 minutes (63 hours) which included preening behavior (386 times), self-comfort behavior (193 times), stretching behavior (101 times), sunbathing behavior (47 times), and resting behavior (4 times). In the morning, the dominant behavior is preening behavior with the aim to cleanse themself from small-sized organisms such as lice attached on the surface of feathers. During the daytime, dominant behavior of cattle egret is stretching with the aim to cool (neutralize) body heat and flex the beak muscles. In the afternoon, the dominant behavior performed is the self-comfort behavior of the body with the aim of removing dust, dirt and mud on the surface of the fur.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Jumilawaty E. and Syahputra M. (2019). Indivivual Behavior of Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) in Asam Kumbang Crocodile Farm, Medan City, North Sumatra. In Proceedings of the 1st International MIPAnet Conference on Science and Mathematics - Volume 1: IMC-SciMath, ISBN 978-989-758-556-2, pages 387-389. DOI: 10.5220/0010199200002775

in Bibtex Style

@conference{imc-scimath19,
author={Erni Jumilawaty and Muhammad Dicky Syahputra},
title={Indivivual Behavior of Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) in Asam Kumbang Crocodile Farm, Medan City, North Sumatra},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International MIPAnet Conference on Science and Mathematics - Volume 1: IMC-SciMath,},
year={2019},
pages={387-389},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010199200002775},
isbn={978-989-758-556-2},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st International MIPAnet Conference on Science and Mathematics - Volume 1: IMC-SciMath,
TI - Indivivual Behavior of Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) in Asam Kumbang Crocodile Farm, Medan City, North Sumatra
SN - 978-989-758-556-2
AU - Jumilawaty E.
AU - Syahputra M.
PY - 2019
SP - 387
EP - 389
DO - 10.5220/0010199200002775