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noun
Cattle egret. A small white heron which spends most of its time around cattle and livestock instead of water wading as most herons do. They feed on the insects and grubs disturbed by the grazing animals.
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Trinidad & Tobago
noun
The Little Blue Heron is a small heron. It breeds from the Gulf states of the USA through Central America and the Caribbean south to Peru and Uruguay. It is a medium-large, long-legged, heron with a long pointed blue or greyish bill with a black tip.
also known as
blue gaulin
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15 comments
Belize
Belize
mizk
11 years ago

hey, can someone tell me how to pronounce this word? i've only seen it written, i want to know how to say it out loud.

Jamaica
Jamaica
11 years ago

prounouce it like gaalin

Jamaica
Jamaica
derrick
11 years ago

Gahlin

Jamaica
Jamaica
derrick
11 years ago

Think "darlin" without the r.

Belize
Belize
mizk
11 years ago

thanks!

Jamaica
Jamaica
Jovial
8 years ago

Tick Bird is what they call it

Bahamas
Bahamas
Lenster
5 years ago

We say gawwlin.

Jamaica
Jamaica
Gaulin
3 years ago

Can be blue or white. Love to be around cattle.

St. Kitts & Nevis
St. Kitts & Nevis
Kelman
3 years ago

We call them gaulin

Jamaica
Jamaica
curtis
2 years ago

we a patwa people so galling we call it

Belize
Belize
2 years ago

we say gaulin/gawlin or dawlin which all means darling "long neck darling"

Guyana
Guyana
last year

It is spelled pretty much the way we say it.

Antigua & Barbuda
Antigua & Barbuda
Stephen
last year

Garlin, gaulin

Jamaica
Jamaica
Carlos
last year

Mawga lakka gawlin

Jamaica
Jamaica
Carlos
last year

rhymes with fall in