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[[Image:cattle_egret_3_alok.JPG|thumb|500px|right|Complete breeding plumage, including short lived changes in bill and leg colors in high breeding<br />In a Mixed Heronry<br />Photo © by {{user|aloktewari|Alok Tewari}}<br />[[Keoladeo National Park]], Bharatpur, Rajasthan, [[India]], 23 July 2015]] | [[Image:cattle_egret_3_alok.JPG|thumb|500px|right|Complete breeding plumage, including short lived changes in bill and leg colors in high breeding<br />In a Mixed Heronry<br />Photo © by {{user|aloktewari|Alok Tewari}}<br />[[Keoladeo National Park]], Bharatpur, Rajasthan, [[India]], 23 July 2015]] | ||
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In a Mixed Heronry
Photo © by Alok Tewari
Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India, 23 July 2015
- Bubulcus coromandus
Ardea coromanda, Ardeola coromanda, Egretta coromanda
Identification
45-56 cm, males apparently larger (at least heavier) than females.
Similar species
Compared with Western Cattle Egret, the Eastern species has longer legs and bill but shorter tail. The longer legs past the tail are especially noticeable in flight. In breeding, Eastern C.E. has much stronger coloration that covers a larger part of the bird, while birds in basic plumage cannot be distinguished by coloration. The overall size might also be larger or the way the bird holds itself may make it appear so.
Distribution
Found in Asia and Australasia: breeds throughout the Indian Subcontinent east to China and southern Japan and south to Indonesia, New Guinea and throughout Australia except the most arid interior. They also occur in New Zealand but seemingly only as winter visitors, breeding has not been observed.
Occurrences west of India, in Iran and the Arabian peninsula may only occur sporadically.
Taxonomy
This species was formerly included in a complex named Cattle Egret together with Western Cattle Egret.
Some sources place this species in genus Ardea
Subspecies
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Behaviour
Vocalisation
Gallery
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Ready to fledge
Photo © by Alok Tewari
Jhajjar, India, 13 August 2015
References
- Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2023. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2023. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2023. IOC World Bird List (v 13.2). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.13.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
- Paper by Ross Ahmed describing the differences between Western and Eastern Cattle Egrets.
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Eastern Cattle Egret. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 2 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Eastern_Cattle_Egret
External Links
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