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close-up of a cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis) on black background

Portrait of a cattle egret. Close up view of a cattle egret

A cattle egret walking through the grass near a pond. they are in their non-breeding plumage.

The cattle egret (formerly genus Bubulcus) is a cosmopolitan clade of heron (family Ardeidae) in the genus Ardea found in the tropics, subtropics, and warm-temperate zones.

The great egret (Ardea alba), also known as the common egret, large egret, or (in the Old World) great white egret[2] or great white heron[3][4][5] is a large, widely distributed egret, with four subspecies found in Asia, Africa, the Americas, and southern Europe, recently also spreading to more northern areas of Europe. Distributed across most of the tropical and warmer temperate regions of the world, it builds tree nests in colonies close to water.

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an Egret rests on a tree off the coast of western Florida

Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) with Breeding season plumage

portrait at sunset with green background - Gambia

A young, white Great Egret bird in South Florida on November 27th 2017.

Great Egret flying in the clouds In aceh

White stork enjoying the morning atmosphere by the lake

Black-crowned Night heron on the Silver River in Ocala, Florida.

Egret bird foraging on the Hawaiian Island of Maui

A Great Egrt in breeding plumage flying over the water.

Cattle egret, Bubulcus ibis on the green background

Portrait of Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)

White cattle egret wild bird, also known as Bubulcus ibis walking on green lawn in summer.

$Great egret (Ardea alba) captured in mid-air flying over natural ocean slough, spring nesting area.\n\nTaken in Moss Landing, California. USA$

The cattle egret is a cosmopolitan species of heron found in the tropics, subtropics and warm temperate zones.

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

this is a side view of a cattle egret with feathers ruffled

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