Western Cattle-Egret
Ardea ibis
Spanish: Garcilla bueyera occidental
The cattle egrets are a cosmopolitan clade of herons in the genus Ardea found in the tropics, subtropics, warm temperate, and increasingly in cooler temperate zones. As currently treated, the clade contains two species, the western cattle egret and the eastern cattle egret, although some authorities regarded them as a single species. Despite the similarities in plumage to the egrets of the genus Egretta, they have recently been found to be genetically embedded within the genus Ardea, and are now included there. Originally native to parts of Asia, Africa, and southernmost Europe, the two species have undergone rapid expansion in their distribution and have successfully colonised much of the rest of the world in the last century.
- 2026-06-20 — observation by edgar-f-maldonado
- 2026-01-03 — observation by dileri
- 2025-06-07 — observation by isa_moguel
- 2025-06-02 — observation by adrian_mora
- 2025-03-15 — observation by aleskander
- 2024-11-11 — observation by zihuadean
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Cite as: “Western Cattle-Egret (Ardea ibis) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/ardea-ibis/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.