Western Cattle Egret (
Ardea ibis)
Breeding Colors
Range: PAL, AF, NA, MA, SA
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Bird shown in full breeding colors and plumage. This is one of about 15 species IOC lists as Worldwide distribution. Update, now there are Eastern and Western Cattle Egrets.
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English Western Cattle Egret Scientific (Ardea ibis) Order PELECANIFORMES Family (Latin) Ardeidae Family (English) Herons, Bitterns Other name(s) Cattle Egret, Héron garde-boeufs Breeding Regions PAL, AF, NA, MA, SA Breeding Range s Europe to Iran, Africa, Indian Ocean Is., North to South America Nonbreeding Range Countries (BETA)map Afghanistan,Albania,Algeria,Andorra,Angola,Anguilla,Antigua and Barbuda,Argentina,Armenia,Australia, IOC 13.1 Subspecies Monotypic
IUCN Status Code LC (Birdlife factsheet ) Described by Linnaeus, 1758 German Kuhreiher French Héron garde-bœufs Chinese 西牛背鹭 Japanese ニシアマサギ Russian Египетская цапля Spanish Garcilla bueyera occidental Portuguese garça-boieira-ocidental Bird Data App text A recently introduced species to the Americas. Generally seen with livestock. Roosts in groups of thousands in some places.
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Breeding Range Codes AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara) AN Antarctica AO Atlantic Ocean AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, PAL Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan) IO Indian Ocean LA Latin America (Middle and South America) MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama) NA North America (includes the Caribbean) NO Northern oceans OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas) PO Pacific Ocean SA South America SO Southern oceans TO Temperate oceans TrO Tropical oceans Worldwide Worldwide
IUCN Status Codes EX Extinct EW Extinct in the wild CR Critically Endangered EN Endangered VU Vulnerable NT Near Threatened LC Least Concern DD Data deficient NE Not evaluated PE Probably extinct (informal) PEW Probably extinct in the wild (informal)
