Bubulcus

Bubulcus is a genus of herons in the family Ardeidae.

Bubulcus
Breeding-plumaged adult of western cattle egret, Bubulcus ibis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Class: Aves
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Ardeidae
Subfamily: Ardeinae
Genus: Bubulcus
Bonaparte, 1855
Type species
Ardea ibis
Linnaeus, 1758

The genus Bubulcus was introduced in 1855 by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte with the western cattle egret as the type species.[1][2] The genus name is from Latin and means "cowherd".[3] The genus contains two species:[4]

ImageNameCommon nameDistribution
Bubulcus ibisWestern cattle egretSouthern Spain and Portugal, tropical and subtropical Africa and humid tropical and subtropical Asia and tropical and subtropical America
Bubulcus coromandusEastern cattle egretsouthern and eastern Asia, and Australasia

Some taxonomic authorities lump both species together, calling them cattle egrets, and making the genus monotypic.[5][6][7]

References
  1. Bonaparte, Charles Lucien (1855). "Tableaux synoptiques de l'ordre des hérons". Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences (in French). 40: 718–733 [722].
  2. Mayr, Ernst; Cottrell, G. William, eds. (1979). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 205.
  3. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 79. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  4. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2022). "Ibis, spoonbills, herons, Hamerkop, Shoebill, pelicans". IOC World Bird List Version 12.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  5. Dickinson, E.C.; Remsen, J.V., Jr., eds. (2013). The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. Vol. 1: Non-passerines (4th ed.). Eastbourne, UK: Aves Press. p. 188. ISBN 978-0-9568611-0-8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: editors list (link)
  6. Clements, J.F.; Schulenberg, T.S.; Iliff, M.J.; Billerman, S.M.; Fredericks, T.A.; Gerbracht, J.A.; Lepage, D.; Sullivan, B.L.; Wood, C.L. (2021). "The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2021". Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  7. "Species factsheet: Bubulcus ibis". Birdlife International. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
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