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Cattle Egret

Bubulcus ibis coromandus

Description:

This bird was following a buffalo.

Habitat:

foothills

2 Species ID Suggestions

Fyn Kynd
Fyn Kynd 11 years ago
Great Egret
Ardea alba Great Egret
Liam
Liam 11 years ago
Cattle Egret (nonbreeding)
Bubulcus ibis coromandus BirdForum


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5 Comments

namitha
namitha 11 years ago

I am confused with this spotting http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/171..., could it be Cattle egret. The pictures of cattle egret in Wikipedia are different [not like this spotting]

Scott Frazier
Scott Frazier 11 years ago

Just to follow up on your previous comment about leg coloration...From the suggestion link "Juvenile birds have a greyish-black wash to bill and legs". Also the snowy has a thin black bill. But of course, you've already accepted the suggestion :-)

Scott Frazier
Scott Frazier 11 years ago

Hello! Bubulcus ibis gets its common name "cattle egret" from the observation cited in your description. It also has 6 suggestion votes. Why not add it to the scientific and common names as appropriate, so as to complete the identification of your spotting? Cheers

Beautiful Emma the egrets and you are linked,you found them every where :-)

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 11 years ago

Fyn,it was much smaller than the great egret.

HemaShah
Spotted by
HemaShah

Thrissur, Kerala, India

Spotted on Dec 23, 2012
Submitted on Dec 23, 2012

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