#1356 · 🐦 birds

Eastern Cattle-Egret

🇳🇱 Oostelijke koereiger ·Ardea coromanda

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what is it?

The eastern cattle egret ( Ardea coromanda ) is a species of heron (family Ardeidae) found in the tropics, subtropics and warm temperate zones. Formerly, most taxonomic authorities lumped this species and the western cattle egret together (called the cattle egret), but the two cattle egrets are now treated as separate species. Despite the similarities in plumage to the egrets of the genus Egretta , it is more closely related to the herons of Ardea . It is native to...

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NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 33,888iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).