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| Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis [Linnaeus, 1758] | |
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Order:
Ciconiiformes
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Family: Ardeidae |
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BTO Codes:
EC , CATEG
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EURING No: 1110 | |
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Number in Britain:
3 records/year
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Conservation Status:
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Status in UK:
(A) Scarce Visitor
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Subspecies:
ibis recorded in Britain (of 2 subsp. in the world)
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Length:
50 cm
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Wingspan: 93 cm |
Weight:
M/F: 350 g
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Scientific name from:
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Med. L.: bubulcus=cow-herd and Gr.: ibis=an ibis |
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World Distribution:
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s Europe, Africa, s,e Asia, Australasia, Americas |
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Habitat:
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Wet fields, marsh and pasture, often with grazing animals |
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Diet:
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Mostly insects, on wet or dry land, especially near cattle/other livestock |
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TitBit:
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A contender for the world's most cosmopolitan species, the Cattle Egret has rapidly spread through the Americas following the arrival of some storm-blown individuals in Brazil in the 1930s; it associates with most large mammals (not just cattle) eating ins ects disturbed by their trampling |
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| Records and Distribution | |
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First Record:
Devon, 1805
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Total Number of Records (1958-2004):
122
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Summary of Records by Year
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Most Likely to Occur in:
Occasional in all
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Most Recent County Records:
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Scotland:
Angus & Dundee
(1979),
Dumfries & Galloway
(1986),
Shetland
(1999),
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North-east England:
Cleveland
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Durham
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Northumberland
(1986),
East Yorkshire
(1992),
North Yorkshire
(1992),
South Yorkshire
(1997),
West Yorkshire
(2004),
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North-west England:
Cheshire
(1997),
Cumbria
(1964),
Lancashire
(2000),
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English Midlands:
Derbyshire
(1996),
Leicestershire
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Nottinghamshire
(1999),
Shropshire
(1987),
Staffordshire
(1987),
Warwickshire
(1994),
Worcestershire
(1993),
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Eastern England:
Cambridgeshire
(1995),
Essex
(1998),
Hertfordshire
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Lincolnshire
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Norfolk
(2000),
Suffolk
(2001),
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South-east England:
Buckinghamshire
(2002),
Hampshire
(2001),
Isle of Wight
(1997),
Kent
(1999),
Greater London
(2001),
Oxfordshire
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Surrey
(2001),
East Sussex
(2000),
West Sussex
(2001),
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South-west England:
Cornwall
(2002),
Devon
(2003),
Dorset
(2003),
Gloucestershire
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Somerset
(2002),
Wiltshire
(2004),
Isles of Scilly
(2001),
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Wales:
Anglesey
(1981),
Gwynedd
(1998),
Gwent
(1981),
Pembrokeshire
(1996),
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| Other Names | |
| Buff-backed Heron | |
| Gaelic: | Welsh: Crëyr y Gwartheg |
| Danish: Kohejre | Dutch: Koereiger |
| Finnish: Lehmähaikara | French: Héron garde-boeufs |
| German: Kuhreiher | Hungarian: Pásztorgém |
| Icelandic: Kúhegri | Irish: Éigrit Eallaigh |
| Italian: Airone guardabuoi | Norwegian: Kuhegre |
| Polish: Czapla zlotawa | Portuguese: Garça-boieira |
| Spanish: Garcilla bueyera | Swedish: Kohäger |
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| For More Information... |
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Books and Monographs:
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| Voisin, C. 1991 The herons of Europe Poyser, London [598.461 VOI] |
| Kushlan, J.A. & Hancock, J. 2005 The Herons Oxford University Press [598.461 KUS] |
| See Also: |
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All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
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Gough, G.A. et al. (1998) Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter
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Wikipedia entry
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Recent sightings and information from BirdGuides.com
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Find papers on Google Scholar
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Find papers on Scirus
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