WESTERN CATTLE EGRET Bubulcus ibis

Another cosmopolitan species-pair, still expanding its range (recent breeding in England). Originally one species, it has been recently split and there is indeed a "gap" in the Middle East where it doesn't occur, as well as plumage differences, the Eastern tending to more extensive and richer orange colouration.

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