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Cattle Egret at the Wakodahatchee Wetlands in Delray Beach, Florida.

Two cattle egrets search for food in a grassy area of Costa Rica.

Cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis) cosmopolitan species of heron (family Ardeidae) perched on the back of a horse in the aiguamolls emporda girona spain

Adorable Great egret walking around the meadow.

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

Egret bird foraging on the Hawaiian Island of Maui

Cattle Egrets - Ardea ibis - standing on a cow's back in a rural outback Australian paddock early in the morning. Photo Chris Ison.

Cattle egret on Cape buffalo facing left

portrait at sunset with green background - Gambia

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

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

Cattle Egret, Bubulcus ibis, on a beach next to a lake in the Lower Sabie area of Kruger NP, South Africa

$The heron is a species newly arrived on the American continent, coming from Africa. On the African continent it is always associated with the herds of great herbivores, catching locusts and other insects amazed by the displacement of animals in the savannah.\nAlso known as heron, heron, heron, heron, cun and cupara.$

Cattle egret relaxing on water’s edge during day time. Egrets are herons which have white or buff plumage, and develop fine plumes during the breeding season. Egrets are not a biologically distinct group from the herons and have the same build.

White heron proudly walks forward along the lawn in the park. Close photo cattle egret

The cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis) is a cosmopolitan species of heron (family Ardeidae) found in the tropics, subtropics, and warm-temperate zones. Rideing on an elephant back. Amboseli National Park, Kenya.

White cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis) perched on a white horse

Cattle egret with branch to build the nest

$Intermediate Egret.\nThe intermediate egret, median egret, smaller egret or medium egret (Ardea intermedia) is a medium-sized heron. Some taxonomists put the species in the genus Egretta or Mesophoyx. It is a resident breeder in southern and eastern Asia.$

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