Cattle Egret, Bubuicus ibis, Garca-vaqueira
(Photograph by Maria Bedacht, taken in Campinas, São Paulo, Feb 2006.)
Described by Linnaeus in 1758. (See: Birds in Brazil, H. Sick - pg 134 and Birds of North America, Alsop, 2002, pg 132)
This African native is rapidly colonizing the Americas.
