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This species underwent a large range expansion in the 20th century and now breeds in Asia, Africa, Australia and the Americas as well as Europe. Within Europe it has spread northwards in recent years. An increasing visitor to Ireland it is likely to breed here in coming years. This bird was photographed at Marjel de Oliva/Pego near Valencia.
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English Western Cattle Egret Scientific (Bubulcus ibis) Order PELECANIFORMES Family (Latin) Ardeidae Family (English) Herons, Bitterns Other name(s) Cattle Egret, Héron garde-boeufs Breeding Regions EU, AF, NA, MA, SA Breeding Range s Europe to Iran, Africa, Indian Ocean Is., North and Latin America. Nonbreeding Range Countries (BETA)map Afghanistan,Albania,Algeria,Andorra,Angola,Anguilla,Antigua and Barbuda,Argentina,Armenia,Australia, IOC 9.1 Subspecies Group Subspecies Breeding Range
IUCN Status Code LC (Birdlife factsheet ) Described by (Linnaeus, 1758) German Kuhreiher French Héron garde-boeufs Chinese 西方牛背鹭 Japanese ニシアマサギ Russian Египетская цапля Spanish Garcilla bueyera Portuguese garça-vaqueira / carraceiro Bird Data App text A recently introdoced 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, EU 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)
