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Little Egret 小白鷺

Egretta garzetta

Notes:

There are many of this kind around the river mouth

3 Species ID Suggestions

Arun
Arun 12 years ago
Little Egret
Egretta garzetta Little Egret
iamkaira
iamkaira 12 years ago
White crane
Ashish
Ashish 12 years ago
Snowy Egret
Egretta thula Snowy Egret


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8 Comments

p.young713
p.young713 12 years ago

They are very beautiful birds!! You did a great job on this photo!!

Yeung PK
Yeung PK 12 years ago

It is easy to spot them because it moves slowly while concentrate on catching fish.

p.young713
p.young713 12 years ago

Nice photo!!

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

I agree as its Little egret as its mentioned on most of websites Snowy given in American. In Europe called it as Little.

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Garzetta specie had 2 tails on head with white feathers.

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Yes Alice.. You are right.. But I feel it is migratory "thula" specie.

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 12 years ago

I think in Hong Kong they call it Little Egret, though in the US we call it Snowy Egret.

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Hi Arun..its not little its Snowy egret
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowy_Egret...

Yeung PK
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Yeung PK

HK, Paracel Islands

Spotted on Aug 21, 2011
Submitted on Sep 3, 2011

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