Western Cattle Egret
Bubulcus ibis Veereier Kuhreiher
Heron overview
![Cattle Egret](heronImages/54.jpg)
© Ingo Waschkies
![Cattle Egret](pot39Images/4.jpg)
Cattle Egret at West Coast Park
Pringle Bay Birding
![Western Cattle Egret (very rare pink form)](bcImages/2.jpg)
Western Cattle Egret (very rare pink form)
© Brian Culver
![All coy in full breeding plumage](bob2Images/3.jpg)
All coy in full breeding plumage
![Cattle Egret breeding](bob2Images//4.jpg)
Last few sticks in place
![Cattle Egret breeding](bobImages/48.jpg)
![Cattle Egret breeding](bobImages/47.jpg)
Western Cattle Egret
© Bob Hobbes
![Cattle Egret](edImages/38.jpg)
![Cattle Egret](edImages/39.jpg)
Cattle Egret
© Ed Raubenheimer
![Western Cattle Egret](derek2Images/25.jpg)
Western Cattle Egret
Rietvlei Nature Reserve, Gauteng
© Derek Keats
![Cattle Egret enjoying a bath](chrisImages/36a.jpg)
Cattle Egret enjoying a bath
© Chris Krog
![Cattle Egret](johnmImages/8.jpg)
© John Murray
![Kuhreiher](heronImages/56.jpg)
© Rosemarie Breuer
This is a bird transitional between breeding and non-breeding plumage.
In breeding plumage, Cattle Egrets have reddish-orange legs and in the non-breeding season the legs are deep olive-green.
Phil Hockey, FitzPatrick Institute
![Cattle Egret with scorpion](heronImages/45.jpg)
Cattle Egret with scorpion
![Veereier](heronImages/46.jpg)
![Bubulcus ibis](heronImages/47.jpg)
![Kuhreiher](heronImages/48.jpg)
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© Awie Badenhorst