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- Bubulcus coromandus
Identification
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/
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Eastern Cattle Egret. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 16 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Eastern_Cattle_Egret
External Links
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