Cattle Egret - breeding adult

Cattle Egret - breeding adult (Bubulcus ibis). Louisiana, USA. Nonbreeding adult has shorter whitish plumes, yellow bill, yellowish legs. An Old World species it spread to South America, became established in Florida in the early 1950s, reached California by the mid 1960s and continues to expand throughout North America. In summer and fall postbreeding wanderers reach far north of mapped breeding range

Bubulcus Egret Egrets Ibis

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