Scientific Name
Bubulcus ibis
Scientific Name w/ Auth.
Bubulcus ibis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Park
Yellowstone National Park (YELL)
Sensitive
No
Park Accepted
Accepted
Record Status
Approved
Park Preferred Common Names
Park Synonyms
Taxonomic Hierarchy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Subkingdom | Bilateria |
| Infrakingdom | Deuterostomia |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Subphylum | Vertebrata |
| Infraphylum | Gnathostomata |
| Superclass | Tetrapoda |
| Class | Aves |
| Order | Pelecaniformes |
| Family | Ardeidae |
| Genus | Ardea |
| Species | Bubulcus ibis |
Occurrence
Present
Nativeness
Non-native
Nativeness Notes
Cattle egrets are native to Africa, and only colonized North America in the 19th century. Altough they seem to have migrated here on their own, their rapid spread has likely been enhanced by human farming and livestock practices. As such, they should be considered non-native to Yellowstone NP.; Data Source: Doug Keinath-Lead Zoologist-Wyoming Natural Diversity Database
Legacy NPSpecies information may no longer be applicable, please remove if it is not applicable.
In legacy NPSpecies Cultivation value was Not cultivated with comment: Data Source: Doug Keinath-Lead Zoologist-Wyoming Natural Diversity Database
Abundance
Unknown
Seasonality Tags
-
Vagrant
Listed by Dorn and Dorn (1999) as migratory in YNP. Listed by McEneaney (2004) as having less than 20 observations in the last 50 years. Wyoming does not fall on its major migration routes (Sibley 2003), suggesting a classification of vagrant rather than migratory.; Data Source: Doug Keinath-Lead Zoologist-Wyoming Natural Diversity Database
Threatened Endangered Status
State Species of Concern statuses
Ozone Sensitive Status
NatureServe GRank
NatureServe SRank
Observations
0
References
Vouchers
0
External Links
0
Evidence counts shown include evidence for related synonyms.
Created By
BCI
Created Date
3/22/2002 12:00:00 AM
Last Modified By
lbaril@nps.gov
Last Modified Date
11/11/2014 1:43:17 PM
Notes
Park Species Data Source: T. McEneaney
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