cattle egret
noun
: a small Old World white egret (Bubulcus ibis) introduced into the New World and having a yellow bill and in the breeding season buff on the crown, breast, and back
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Austin Wildlife Rescue took in 30 Mississippi kites and 30 cattle egrets last week.
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Rachel Royster, Austin American-Statesman, 20 July 2024
In the late eighteen-hundreds, trade winds carried the cattle egret nearly two thousand miles from Africa to South America.
—Michael Adno, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2023
Three redheads, a cattle egret and a common gallinule at Hummock Pond, and two more cattle egrets at Bartlett’s Farm.
—Isabela Rocha, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Oct. 2022
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Rachel Royster, Austin American-Statesman, 20 July 2024
In the late eighteen-hundreds, trade winds carried the cattle egret nearly two thousand miles from Africa to South America.
—Michael Adno, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2023
Three redheads, a cattle egret and a common gallinule at Hummock Pond, and two more cattle egrets at Bartlett’s Farm.
—Isabela Rocha, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Oct. 2022
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“Cattle egret.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cattle%20egret. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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