Revista de Investigaciones Altoandinas - Journal of High Andean Research

Vol. 22 No. 4 (2020)
Review article

143 years since the migration of the cattle egret Bubulcus ibis (Linnaeus, 1758) from Africa to the Andes

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  • Víctor Pulido Capurro,
  • Edith Olivera Carhuaz,
  • Dominga Cano Ccoa,
  • Jessica Acevedo Flores
Víctor Pulido Capurro
Universidad Privada San Juan Bautista, Lima, Peru
Edith Olivera Carhuaz
Universidad Jaime Bausate y Meza, Lima, Peru
Dominga Cano Ccoa
Universidad Nacional de Juliaca, Juliaca, Peru
Jessica Acevedo Flores
Universidad Privada San Juan Bautista, Lima, Peru

Published 2020-10-01 — Updated on 2020-10-12

Keywords

  • Bubulcus ibis,
  • cattle egret,
  • geographic distribution,
  • colonization,
  • invasive species

How to Cite

Pulido Capurro, V., Olivera Carhuaz, E., Cano Ccoa, D., & Acevedo Flores, J. (2020). 143 years since the migration of the cattle egret Bubulcus ibis (Linnaeus, 1758) from Africa to the Andes. Revista De Investigaciones Altoandinas - Journal of High Andean Research, 22(4), 352–361. https://doi.org/10.18271/ria.2020.199

Abstract

The cattle heron is native of the tropical and subtropical areas of Africa and Asia, from where it arrived on the northeast coast of SouthAmerica in 1877 and extended its distribution range to Central America and North America. It has undergone dynamic demographictransformations that have led to the colonization of vast areas, through a process of world expansion that has turned it into a cosmopolitanbird. Various factors such as its large size, long-distance flight capacity, its omnivore condition, its opportunistic nature, its remarkableability to adapt to new environments; as well as deforestation and the establishment of grasslands for cattle on a large scale, havecontributed to the expansion of its distribution range. In the present work a historical review of the colonization of the cattle heron iscarried out since its arrival to America. Here we would see how geographic and environmental factors have contributed to the distributionof its populations in different ecosystems ranging from the marine coasts up to 4,400 meters high in the Andes of South America. Aswell, this work highlights the importance of meteorological and genetical tools that provide information about the routes that the specieshas followed in conquering new areas.

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