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Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Aves
Subclassis: Carinatae
Infraclassis: Neornithes
Parvclassis: Neognathae
Ordo: Ciconiiformes
Familia: Ardeidae
Subfamilia: Ardeinae
Genus: Bubulcus
Species: Bubulcus ibis

Name

Bubulcus Bonaparte, 1855

Reference

Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaire des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences [Paris] 40 p.722

Bubulcus is a genus of heron in the family Ardeidae. Most taxonomic authorities lump both of the following together, calling them cattle egrets, and making the genus monotypic. It contains the following species:

Image Name Common name Distribution
Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) -Florida Keys2.jpg Bubulcus ibis Western cattle egret Southern Spain and Portugal, tropical and subtropical Africa and humid tropical and subtropical Asia
Cattle egret1.jpg Bubulcus coromandus Eastern cattle egret southern and eastern Asia, and Australasia

References

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