Species Detail - Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Rare birds of Ireland".
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50km
Marine Map - 50km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Bubulcus ibis
Cattle Egret
NHMSYS0000530216
RecommendedWell-formed
Ardea bubulcus , Ardeola ibis , Bubulcus ibis (Linnaeus), Bubulcus ibis ibis (Linnaeus, 1758), Bulbucus ibis , Western Cattle Egret
N/A
buibi
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Bird
Species
120
72
35
07/03/1976
22/06/2014
1 January (recorded in 2020)
31 December (recorded in 2022)
Irish Rare Bird Committee, Rare birds of Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis), accessed 19 January 2026, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/271/Species/11183