Pacific Reef Egret

Description:

Spotted this dark morph Egret at Wailoaloa Beach, Nadi, Fiji. The Pacific Reef Egret (also know as the Pacific Reef Heron) has very short, yellow legs, and the grey variety's throats and chins are marked by a narrow, white stripe. They have brown beaks, gold-yellow colored eyes and the surrounding areas of their faces are normally of a greenish to yellow cast