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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 Subregions s Europe to Iran, Africa, Indian Ocean Is., North and Latin America.
Nonbreeding Range Subregions
Countries (BETA)map Afghanistan,Albania,Algeria,Andorra,Angola,Anguilla,Antigua and Barbuda,Argentina,Armenia,Australia, Austria,Azerbaijan,Bahamas,Bahrain,Bangladesh,Barbados,Belarus,Belgium,Belize,Benin, Bermuda,Bhutan,Bolivia,Bosnia and Herzegovina,Botswana,Brazil,British Virgin Islands,Bulgaria,Burkina Faso,Burundi, Cambodia,Cameroon,Canada,Cape Verde,Cayman Islands,Central African Republic,Chad,Chile,China,Colombia, Comoros,Congo,Costa Rica,Croatia,Cuba,Cyprus,Czech Republic,Democratic Republic of Congo,Denmark,Djibouti, Dominica,Dominican Republic,Ecuador - mainland,Egypt,El Salvador,Equatorial Guinea,Eritrea,Estonia,Ethiopia,Faroe Islands, Finland,France,French Guiana,French Polynesia,Gabon,Gambia,Georgia,Germany,Ghana,Gibraltar, Greece,Greenland,Grenada,Guam,Guatemala,Guinea,Guinea-Bissau,Guyana,Haiti,Honduras, Hong Kong,Hungary,Iceland,India - mainland,Indonesia,Iran,Iraq,Ireland,Israel,Italy, Ivory Coast,Jamaica,Japan,Jordan,Kazakhstan,Kenya,Kuwait,Kyrgyzstan,Laos,Latvia, Lebanon,Lesotho,Liberia,Libya,Liechtenstein,Lithuania,Luxembourg,Macao,Macedonia,Madagascar, Malawi,Malaysia,Maldives,Mali,Malta,Marshall Islands,Mauritania,Mauritius,Mexico,Micronesia, Moldova,Monaco,Mongolia,Montserrat,Morocco,Mozambique,Myanmar,Namibia,Nepal,Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles,New Zealand,Nicaragua,Niger,Nigeria,North Korea,Northern Mariana Islands,Norway,Oman,Pakistan, Palau,Palestine,Panama,Papua New Guinea,Paraguay,Peru,Philippines,Poland,Portugal,Puerto Rico, Qatar,Reunion,Romania,Russia,Rwanda,Saint Helena,Saint Kitts and Nevis,Saint Lucia,Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe,Saudi Arabia,Senegal,Serbia,Seychelles,Sierra Leone,Singapore,Slovakia,Slovenia,Somalia, South Africa,South Korea,South Sudan,Spain,Sri Lanka,Sudan,Suriname,Swaziland,Sweden,Switzerland, Syria,Taiwan,Tajikistan,Tanzania,Thailand,Togo,Trinidad and Tobago,Tunisia,Turkey,Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos Islands,Uganda,Ukraine,United Arab Emirates,United Kingdom,United States - Hawaii,United States - mainland,Uruguay,Uzbekistan,Venezuela, Vietnam,Virgin Islands,Western Sahara,Yemen,Zambia,Zimbabwe,
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.
Show Breeding Range Codes and IUCN Status Codes
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, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
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)