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Bubulcus

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Bubulcus is a genus of herons in the family Ardeidae.

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]

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

^ 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].
^ 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.
^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 79. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ "Species factsheet: Bubulcus ibis". Birdlife International. Retrieved 20 June 2022.

provided by wikipedia EN

Bubulcus is a genus of herons in the family Ardeidae.

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

Some taxonomic authorities lump both species together, calling them cattle egrets, and making the genus monotypic.