Thursday, April 25, 2019

EASTERN CATTLE EGRET

Photographed at Westport, South Island, New Zealand, April, 2019

(*  216)                 EASTERN CATTLE EGRET                Ardea ibis or Bubulcus coromandus

NEW ZEALAND                 117

Uncommon Australian migrant. Usually associated with livestock, especially cattle, in damp pasture. May return to same farms for autumn and winter year after year.