Bubulcus is a genus of herons in the family Ardeidae.
| Bubulcus | |
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| Breeding-plumaged adult of western cattle egret, Bubulcus ibis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Pelecaniformes |
| Family: | Ardeidae |
| Subfamily: | Ardeinae |
| Genus: | Bubulcus Bonaparte, 1855 |
| Type species | |
| Ardea ibis Linnaeus, 1758
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The genus Bubulcus was introduced in 1855 by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte with the western cattle egret as the type species.[1][2] The genus name is from Latin and means "cowherd".[3] The genus contains two species:[4]
| Image | Name | Common name | Distribution |
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Bubulcus ibis | Western cattle egret | Southern Spain and Portugal, tropical and subtropical Africa and humid tropical and subtropical Asia and tropical and subtropical America |
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Bubulcus coromandus | Eastern cattle egret | southern and eastern Asia, and Australasia |
Some taxonomic authorities lump both species together, calling them cattle egrets, and making the genus monotypic.[5][6][7]
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Bonaparte, Charles Lucien (1855). "Tableaux synoptiques de l'ordre des hérons". Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences (in French). 40: 718–733 [722].
- ^ Mayr, Ernst; Cottrell, G. William, eds. (1979). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 205.
- ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 79. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2022). "Ibis, spoonbills, herons, Hamerkop, Shoebill, pelicans". IOC World Bird List Version 12.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
- ^ Dickinson, E.C.; Remsen, J.V., Jr., eds. (2013). The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. Vol. 1: Non-passerines (4th ed.). Eastbourne, UK: Aves Press. p. 188. ISBN 978-0-9568611-0-8.
- ^ Clements, J.F.; Schulenberg, T.S.; Iliff, M.J.; Billerman, S.M.; Fredericks, T.A.; Gerbracht, J.A.; Lepage, D.; Sullivan, B.L.; Wood, C.L. (2021). "The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2021". Retrieved 20 June 2022.
- ^ "Species factsheet: Bubulcus ibis". Birdlife International. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
