Species profile—Bubulcus ibis (cattle egret)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Ardeidae (herons, egrets and bitterns) → Bubulcus ibis (cattle egret)
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Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Aves (birds)
- Family
- Ardeidae (herons, egrets and bitterns)
- Scientific name
- Bubulcus ibis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Common name
- cattle egret
- Type reference
- Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.144
- WildNet taxon ID
- 1830
- Synonym(s)
- Ardea ibis
Egretta ibis
Ardeola ibis
Ardea ibis coromanda
Bubulcus coromandus
Bubulcus ibis coromandus - Alternate name(s)
- Eastern cattle egret
western cattle egret
buff-backed heron - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Aquatic & Terrestrial
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Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1830.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
