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little egret

Egretta garzetta

Description:

The adult Little Egret is 55–65 cm long with an 88–106 cm wingspan, and weighs 350–550 grams. Its plumage is all white. The subspecies garzetta has long black legs with yellow feet and a slim black bill. In the breeding season, the adult has two long nape plumes and gauzy plumes on the back and breast, and the bare skin between the bill and eyes becomes red or blue. Juveniles are similar to non-breeding adults but have greenish-black legs and duller yellow feet. has yellow feet and a bare patch of grey-green skin between the bill and eyes. The subspecies nigripes differs in having yellow skin between the bill and eye, and blackish feet. Little Egrets are mostly silent but make various croaking and bubbling calls at their breeding colonies and produce a harsh alarm call when disturbed.

Habitat:

wetlands

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2 Comments

gperocho
gperocho 12 years ago

thanks alice! :-)

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 12 years ago

Lovely!

gperocho
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תל אביב-יפו, מחוז תל אביב, Israel

Spotted on Jan 26, 2012
Submitted on Jan 26, 2012

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