| Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis |
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Ghana & Madagascar The Cattle Egret is now a fairly cosmopolitan bird that originated in Africa and southern Spain but has, in the last 100 years or so invaded the Americas, Asia and Australia. In Africa it is distributed throughout the continent apart from the desert areas. See the distribution map at Birdlife International. |
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The birds in photos 1 and 2, photographed in Ghana in May and June, are in non-breeding plumage. Breeding plumage shows orange-buff on the head and breast and the breeding season is during or just after the rains. The birds in photos 3 to 5 and the video are in breeding plumage and were photographed in November in Madagascar. After breeding the birds disperse and can be absent from many areas. | |||
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