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western cattle egret

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Bubulcus ibis is a species of heron (family Ardeidae) found in the tropics, subtropics and warm temperate zones.

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  • Bengali: গো বগা (gō boga) — Bubulcus ibis
  • Cebuano: talabong — Bubulcus ibis
  • Chinese Mandarin: 牛背鹭 (niú bèi lù) — Bubulcus ibis
  • Czech: volavka rusohlavá — Bubulcus ibis
  • Danish: kohejre — Bubulcus ibis
  • Dutch: koereiger — Bubulcus ibis
  • Estonian: veisehaigur — Bubulcus ibis
  • Faroese: kúhegri — Bubulcus ibis
  • Finnish: lehmähaikara — Bubulcus ibis
  • French: Héron garde-bœufs — Bubulcus ibis
  • Georgian: ეგვიპტური ყანჩა (egviṗṭuri q̇anča) — Bubulcus ibis
  • German: Kuhreiher — Bubulcus ibis
  • Greek: γελαδάρης (geladáris) — Bubulcus ibis
  • Paraguayan Guarani: güiratimí — Bubulcus ibis
  • Hebrew: אנפית בקר — Bubulcus ibis
  • Hungarian: pásztorgém — Bubulcus ibis
  • Icelandic: kúhegri — Bubulcus ibis
  • Italian: airone guardabuoi — Bubulcus ibis
  • Japanese: アマサギ (amasagi) — Bubulcus ibis
  • Kwangali: esingangombe — Bubulcus ibis
  • Latvian: lopu gārnis — Bubulcus ibis
  • Lithuanian: ibiškasis garnys — Bubulcus ibis
  • Macedonian: чапја говедарка (čapja govedarka) — Bubulcus ibis
  • Malayalam: കാലിമുണ്ടി (kālimuṇṭi) — Bubulcus ibis
  • Mongolian: ᠬᠣᠲᠣᠨ ᠤ ᠲᠡᠭᠡᠯ (qoton-u tegel) — Bubulcus ibis
  • Northern Sotho: madšadipere — Bubulcus ibis
  • Norwegian: kuhegre — Bubulcus ibis
  • Polish: czapla złotawa — Bubulcus ibis
  • Portuguese: garça-vaqueira — Bubulcus ibis
  • Portuguese: carraceiro — Bubulcus ibis
  • Romanian: stârc de cireadă — Bubulcus ibis
  • Russian: египетская цапля (jegipetskaja caplja) — Bubulcus ibis
  • Northern Sami: gussaháigir — Bubulcus ibis
  • Slovak: hltavka chochlatá — Bubulcus ibis
  • Sotho: leholosiane — Bubulcus ibis
  • Spanish: garcilla bueyera — Bubulcus ibis
  • Swahili: yangeyange — Bubulcus ibis
  • Swedish: kohäger — Bubulcus ibis
  • Tagalog: talabong — Bubulcus ibis
  • Thai: นกยางเสวย (nók yaaŋ khwaay) — Bubulcus ibis
  • Tswana: manawane — Bubulcus ibis
  • Ukrainian: чапля єгипетська (čaplja jehypetsʹka) — Bubulcus ibis
  • Zulu: iLanda — Bubulcus ibis