Western Cattle-Egret Range Map

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Migration

Short-distance to long-distance migrant. Most Western Cattle-Egrets breeding in North America migrate to Mexico, Central America, and the Greater Antilles. Several populations stay in the southern United States. They not only migrate in predictable patterns but also wander erratically and may turn up well to the north of their normal range.

Cornell Lab of Ornithology (2023) Distribution map for Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis. Modified accounting for taxonomic differences from BirdLife International and Handbook of the Birds of the World (2021) Bird species distribution maps of the world. Version 2021.1.

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