Bubulcus

Bubulcus is a genus of heron in the family Ardeidae. Most taxonomic authorities lump both of the following together, calling them cattle egrets, and making the genus monotypic. It contains the following species:

ImageNameCommon nameDistribution
Bubulcus ibisWestern cattle egretSouthern Spain and Portugal, tropical and subtropical Africa and humid tropical and subtropical Asia
Bubulcus coromandusEastern cattle egretsouthern and eastern Asia, and Australasia

Bubulcus
Breeding-plumaged adult of western cattle egret, Bubulcus ibis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Ardeidae
Genus: Bubulcus
Bonaparte, 1855

References

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