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Complete breeding plumage, including short lived changes in bill and leg colors in high breeding
In a Mixed Heronry
Photo © by Alok Tewari
Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India, 23 July 2015

Bubulcus coromandus

Distribution

Subspecies coromandus
Photo © by mohan matang
Kutch, Gujara, India, July 2010

Taxonomy

Subspecies coromandus
Photo © by Ken Doy
Lake Galletly Gatton Campus, Queensland, 10 November 2017

This species was formerly included in a complex named Cattle Egret together with Western Cattle Egret.

Some sources place this species in genus Ardea

Subspecies

This is a monotypic species[1].

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  Ready to fledge
  Photo © by Alok Tewari
  Jhajjar, India, 13 August 2015

References

1. Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2023. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2023. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2023. IOC World Bird List (v 13.2). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.13.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/

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