Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The White Park is a modern British breed of cattle. It was established in 1973 to include several herds or populations of colour-pointed white cattle – white-coated, with points of either red or black on the ears and feet. [5] Such cattle have a long history in the British Isles, and the origins of some herds go back to the Middle Ages. [6 ...
The American White Park is a large, mostly polled, white breed of cattle. The females have an average weight of roughly 1000 pounds (453 kilograms), while the males have an average weight between 1700 and 1800 pounds (771–816 kilograms).
White cattle (often with black or red ears) are believed to have been highly regarded in Britain and Ireland in very early times, [1] and herds of white cattle were kept as ornamental and sporting animals in enclosed parks for many centuries. They gave rise to the horned White Park cattle, and contributed to
[1]: 48 [2]: xxii, 127 A similar colour pattern is seen in the domestic yak [1]: 48 and in some zebuine cattle. [ 3 ] An extreme pale form of the colour-sided pattern is the colour-pointed or 'white park' pattern, seen for example in the White Park , the British White and in some Irish Moiled , where the darker colour is restricted to the ears ...
This list of birds of Connecticut is a comprehensive account of all the bird species recorded from the U.S. state of Connecticut. Unless otherwise noted, this list is based on the checklist produced by the Avian Records Committee of Connecticut (ARCC) dated March 14, 2022, the list used by most birders to track species recorded in the state. [1]
Cattle breeds fall into two main types, which are regarded as either two closely related species, or two subspecies of one species. Bos indicus (or Bos taurus indicus ) cattle, commonly called zebu, are adapted to hot climates and originated in the tropical parts of the world such as India, Sub-saharan Africa, China, and Southeast Asia.
The Chillingham cattle are related to White Park cattle, in the sense that the Chillingham herd has contributed to the White Park, though there has been no gene flow the other way. Chillingham cattle are small, with upright horns in both males and females. Bulls weigh around 300 kg (660 lb), cows about 280 kg (620 lb).
The cattle egret (formerly genus Bubulcus) is a cosmopolitan clade of heron (family Ardeidae) in the genus Ardea found in the tropics, subtropics, and warm-temperate zones. . According to the IOC bird list, it contains two species, the western cattle egret and the eastern cattle egret, although some authorities regard them as a single spe