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The Cattle Egret Expansion

10,000 Birds

Cattle Egret was first recorded in Florida in 1941 (although originally these were dismissed as escapes), and officially bred in Florida in 1953. Cattle Egret has been introduced by humans to Hawaii and the Seychelles. The species has been recorded as far north as Alaska and as far south as some of the islands off Antartica.

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