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The Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea Leucorodia)

Grey heron. In the out of focus plane you can see a little egret

Little egret (Egretta garzetta) in Thailand

White ibis preening at the Ocala Wetlands Recharge Park.

Aerial view of a lagoon and meadows with Jabiru storks and Great egrets, Transpanatnaeira road in background, Pantanal Wetlands, Mato Grosso, Brazil

Early Morning Wildlife at Lake Nakuru with Water birds

the yellow spoonbill is perched on a tree branch

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

Two Black-headed Ibis birds standing in Ujani dam at Bhigwan village in Maharashtra, India

A native stork in North America, a very large, heavy-billed bird that wades in the shallows of southern swamps.

A Great Egret (Ardea alba) wades in freshwater pond. The bird is near the shoreline as it slowly moves. The bird is reflected in the surface of the water.

Great egret (Ardea alba), also known as the common egret, large egret or (in the Old World) great white heron.

Flock of snow goose flying in winter time. Low fog on the background. 600mm lens. Canon 1Dx.

Little bird in a watered rice field, Camargue, Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, France

The African sacred ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus) is a species of ibis. Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Kenya.

Lone Indian white Egret bird sitting on a wall covered by bushes with flowers; egret was found feeding on flower

A mix of birds in Winton Wetlands, rural Victoria

White Egret is walking to catch fish in the water.

Beautiful wader bird, adult Black-headed ibis, also known as Oriental white ibis, Indian white ibis and Black-necked ibis, low angle view, side shot in the morning standing on the agriculture field covered with mudflat in nature of tropical climate, central Thailand.

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