Cattle Egret - Bubulcus ibis ibis
The Gambia - November 2018
The Cattle Egret has a range which now extends through about half the world. There are three subspecies, the subspecies found in The Gambia (and the rest of Africa and the Americas) is the nominate form. At some future date the species may be split, in which case this subspecies would probably retain its current scientific binomial name. These framegrabs were taken from video recorded in The Gambia during November 2018 - video link.
