Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Subclass Passerae > Superorder Ciconiimorphae > Order Ciconiiformes > Suborder Ciconii > Superfamily Ardeoidea > Family Ardeidae > Genus Bubulcus

Bubulcus ibis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

BubulcusBonaparte, 1855accepted genus name

Species group names

Ardea ibis Linnaeus, 1758 synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Bulgarian: Биволска чапла sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Danish: kohejre sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Dutch: koereiger sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 English: buff-backed heron; cattle egret; western cattle egret sources: Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London.;Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2011. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.8).
 German: Kuhreiher sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Greek: Γελαδάρης sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Hebrew: אנפית סוף sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Lithuanian: ibiškasis garnys sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Bokmål: kuhegre sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Nynorsk: kuhegre sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Polish: czapla złotawa sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Romanian: stârcul de cireadă sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Russian: цапля египетская sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Slovenian: kravja čaplja sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Spanish, Castillian: garcilla bueyera sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Swedish: kohäger sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Turkish: sigir balikcil; sığır balıkçılı sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Ukrainian: Чапля єгипетська sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Welsh: crëyr y gwartheg

Literature

basis of record

Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p.

additional source

Gallardo, J. C.; Macías, V.; Velarde, E. (2009). Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico. In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. Pp. 1321–1342.

additional source

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

additional source

Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London.

additional source

Animal Diversity Web. University of Michigan Museum of Zoology.

additional source

Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.

additional source

Vanner, M. (2003). The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. 1-383.

additional source

Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p.

additional source

Squires, H. J. (1990). Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 221: 532 p.

additional source

Peterson, R.T.; Peterson, V.M. (2002). A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. Fifth Edition. Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p.

Genbank

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Bubulcus ibis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159742

Drs. Cees Roselaar. Bubulcus ibis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/774e44c0-0b3b-4b16-b84c-ef9972b7b7b0

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


not marine, not brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Importance

no data

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2020-06-25 by Drs. Cees Roselaar & by Wim Decock

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