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Great Egret three quarter view at Big Cypress National Preserve on Kirby Storter Boardwalk. This is in a Cypress Strand which is a form of wetland.

$Western Cattle Egret.\nThe western cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis) is a species of heron (family Ardeidae) found in the tropics, subtropics and warm temperate zones. Most taxonomic authorities lump this species and the eastern cattle egret together (called the cattle egret), but some (including the International Ornithologists' Union) separate them. Despite the similarities in plumage to the egrets of the genus Egretta, it is more closely related to the herons of Ardea. Originally native to parts of Asia, Africa and Europe, it has undergone a rapid expansion in its distribution and successfully colonised much of the rest of the world in the last century.\n\nIt is a white bird adorned with buff plumes in the breeding season. It nests in colonies, usually near bodies of water and often with other wading birds. The nest is a platform of sticks in trees or shrubs. Western cattle egrets exploit drier and open habitats more than other heron species. Their feeding habitats include seasonally inundated grasslands, pastures, farmlands, wetlands and rice paddies. They often accompany cattle or other large mammals, catching insect and small vertebrate prey disturbed by these animals. Some populations of the cattle egret are migratory and others show post-breeding dispersal.\n\nThe adult cattle egret has few predators, but birds or mammals may raid its nests, and chicks may be lost to starvation, calcium deficiency or disturbance from other large birds. This species maintains a special relationship with cattle, which extends to other large grazing mammals; wider human farming is believed to be a major cause of their suddenly expanded range. The cattle egret removes ticks and flies from cattle and consumes them. This benefits both species, but it has been implicated in the spread of tick-borne animal diseases.$

a cattle egret landing on lake in morning

Lone Indian white Egret bird sitting on a wall covered by bushes with flowers; egret was found feeding on flower

Flock of snow goose flying in winter time. Low fog on the background. 600mm lens. Canon 1Dx.

Nature wildlife image of cattle egret perching on tree branches

An egret is any of several herons, most of which are white or buff, and several of which develop fine plumes during the breeding season.

Group of cattle egrets in the nesting area

Shimmering vibrant colours and diversity of species such as the Great Egret, marks Costa Rica as one of the principal Central America countries with a territory and tropical rainforest that hosts migration from north America and south America to give it unparalleled numbers and variation of birdlife

Cattle egret standing in the summer rice field.

Flock of snow goose flying. 600mm lens. Canon 1Dx.

A Cattle Egrets - Ardea ibis - standing on a cow's back in a rural outback Australian paddock early in the morning in Australia.

Little Egret feeding on a small fish in a lake in the Villa Borghese Gardens.

Birds perching in lake. Fauna at Costa Rica. Image is representing nature.

$Black-headed Ibis \nBathing in a rice field furrow.$

A Great Egret (Ardea alba) in freshwater wetland spreads its wings and begins to fly away.

White Egret is walking to catch fish in the water.

A bare-throated Tiger-Heron hunting in a pond on a beach in Costa Rica.

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