Herons (Ardeidae)
Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) - HBW 1, p. 415
French: Héron garde boeufs
German: Kuhreiher
Spanish: Garcilla Bueyera
Other common names: Buff backed Heron
Taxonomy: Ardea Ibis Linnaeus, 1758, Egypt.
Alternatively placed in Egretta or Ardeola; work on DNA indicates closer genetic link with Ardea than with Egretta. Race coromandus sometimes treated as allospecies. Validity of race seychellarum has been questioned; only one specimen in breeding plumage known from collections. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- ibis (Linnaeus, 1758) - Africa and Madagascar; SW Europe to Caspian Sea; N, C & S America, from Canada to Guianas and N Chile; also NE Argentina and scattered parts of Brazil.
- seychellarum (Salomonsen, 1934) - Seychelles.
- coromandus (Boddaert, 1783) - S & E Asia to Australia and New Zealand.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Different views of a huge group flying to their roosting trees Locality Fatick Region, Senegal (ssp ibis)
Juan Sanabria 31 December 2007 3 years ago 52 sec 4.7 -
Two birds preening in a tree Locality Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp ibis)
Stefan Behrens 31 August 2005 4 years ago 43 sec 4.6 -
A bird on top of a tree preening Locality San Miguel, Santiago de Cali, Valle del Cauca Department, Colombia (ssp ibis)
Pere Sugranyes 20 June 2010 1 year ago 49 sec 4.4 -
Several birds feeding on a carcass. Locality Nawa Talao Lake, Surendranagar District, Gujarat, India (ssp coromandus)
Josep del Hoyo 18 February 2011 5 weeks ago 23 sec 4.4 -
strange swinging neck hunting technique Locality Doñana National Park, Andalucia, Spain (ssp ibis)
Juan Sanabria 28 March 2010 1 year ago 39 sec 4.3 -
A bird walking, looking for prey. Locality Ebro Delta, Tarragona Province, Catalonia, Spain (ssp ibis)
Jesús Laborda 5 December 2011 4 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 45 sec 4.3
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With a kill a field mouse
Locality Arakhiya Farm, Qatar
John A Thompson 1 December 2011 10 weeks ago 4.8 -
Adult bird in full breeding plumage
Locality Gatton, Queensland, Australia
David Taylor 1 October 2011 7 weeks ago 4.7 -
With a lizard for lunch
Locality Ras Laffan, Qatar (ssp ibis)
John A Thompson 23 March 2008 1 year ago 4.6 -
with frog
Locality Ndumo Game Reserve, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Roland Bischoff 22 July 2005 8 weeks ago 4.4 -
bird in full breeding plumage at roost
Locality Gatton, Queensland, Australia
David Taylor 1 October 2011 7 weeks ago 4.4 -
Showing breeding plumahe
Locality Arakhiya Farm, Qatar
John A Thompson 24 November 2011 11 weeks ago 4.4
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Calls of chicks in nest demanding feed Locality Rajasthan, India
(ssp coromanda)
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 August 2003 2 years ago 4.7 -
Calls of adults in heronary during breeding period Locality Rajasthan, India
(ssp coromanda)
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 August 2003 2 years ago 4 -
Several birds on the roosting site. Locality Chapada Diamantina, Bahia State, Brazil
(ssp ibis)
Ciro Albano 3 April 2008 2 years ago 3.5
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