cattle egret

noun

1. an egret, Bubulcus ibis, cosmopolitan in warmer regions, often associating with grazing animals for the insects that hover around them.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cattle egret¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

And the birds: great blue heron, green heron, tri-colored heron, great egret, cattle egret, snowy egret, red shouldered hawk, red-tailed hawk, Coopers hawk.

From Washington Post

This would quickly deplete oxygen from the lagoon, they say, and in turn, the populations of fish and many bird species nesting in the area, such as flamingo, peregrine falcon, black swan and cattle egret.

From Nature

They can hardly keep up with the variety: caracara, cattle egret, roseate spoonbill, green heron, hummingbirds … Together with Smith Oaks, “it would be our most amazing day of birding ever.”

From Seattle Times

On a recent day, the hospital’s patients included: 37 dogs, eight cats, six soft-shell turtles, two ducks, two rabbits and a cattle egret with a broken wing.

From Seattle Times

But for the most part he’d rather focus on a cattle egret perched on a pile of garbage.

From New York Times