CATTLE EGRET

(*  216)                         CATTLE EGRET                 Bibulous ibis

NEPAL                 80

Inhabits damp grassland, paddy fields, lakes, pools and marshes. 48-53 cm. Common and widespread resident.

NOTE: Eastern Cattle Egret if eastern form coromandus is split.

EASTERN CATTLE EGRET

Subspecies coromandus photographed in Singapore November 2016

(see  216)                 CATTLE EGRET                Bibulous coromandus

SINGAPORE               (94)

Common migrant; found mostly in grasslands, occasionally freshwater marshes, avoids salt water, rarely seen on coastal mudflats; in Singapore often seen foraging near grass-cutters and lawnmowers. 52 cm. Widespread across Indian sub-continent, E and Southeast Asia, east to Australia; partly introduced in Singapore.