Cattle Egret 
Bubulous ibis 
May also breed in southern France 
and the Volga delta. Mostly resi¬ 
dent and breeding in northern Egypt. 
After breeding may wander erratically. 
There is no morphological difference 
between North African and southwest 
Asian birds but those from Pakistan 
east are a different subspecies. 
Habitat: Pastures, open grasslands 
and cultivation near large hooved 
stock for feeding, but usually nests 
in marshes and wet thickets near fresh 
water. In Cairo near Zoo, nests in 
Plane Trees along city streets. 
