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Great Egret

ardea alba

Habitat:

Found in a freshwater river system.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Jellis
Jellis 11 years ago
Great Egret
ardea alba Great Egret


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LeanneGardner
LeanneGardner 11 years ago

Thank you very much for your help Jellis. I get really confused with Egrets. Thanks :)

Jellis
Jellis 11 years ago

Plus Cattle Egrets have a shorter neck and overall just shorter.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Cat...

Jellis
Jellis 11 years ago

There is a profound kink in the neck of the Great Egret that you can see where the Intermediate is a more graceful curve. See difference between species on this link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermediat...

LeanneGardner
Spotted by
LeanneGardner

4720, Queensland, Australia

Spotted on Aug 14, 2012
Submitted on Aug 17, 2012

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