>> GENERAL >>>>>
– small heron, smaller than Little Egret
– diurnal migrant, probably nocturnal as well
– migrates singly or in small flocks in formation
>> VISUAL ID >>>>>
Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis, AD NBREED
BIF0726, 30/12/2014, Bidre, Ethopia, Mathias Putze
Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis, AD NBREED
BIF0727, 30/12/2014, Bidre, Ethopia, Mathias Putze
Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis, AD BREED
BIF2210, 07/04/2008, Lleida, Spain, Martin Grimm
Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
BIF0643, 31/12/2012, Larache, Morocco, Mathias Putze
Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
Western Jackdaw Corvus monedula
BIF0644, 31/12/2012, Larache, Morocco, Mathias Putze
Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
BIF2936, 23/02/2019, Eilat, Israel, Patrick Franke
Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
BIF0645, 31/12/2012, Larache, Morocco, Mathias Putze
Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
Little Egret Egretta g. garzetta
BIF0656, 31/12/2012, Larache, Morocco, Mathias Putze
>> ACOUSTIC ID >>>>>
calls in flight not yet sound recorded
>> COMPARISON SPECIES >>>>>
Squacco Heron
Black-crowned Night Heron
Little Egret
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