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Great Egret - Ardea alba | 2020 - 4

Great Egret in Breeding Plumage

During breeding season, the Great Egret will display a shocking green lore — the area between the bill and the eyes. Also, during the breeding season, the Great Egret will display long, elegant plumes on its back, which are used in courtship displays. Like a peacock, the feathery plumes will spread out like a fan. Outside the breeding season, these long feathers disappear.

The Great Egret (Ardea alba), also known as the Common Egret, Large Egret or (in the Old World) Great White Heron, is a large, widely distributed Egret. Distributed across most of the tropical and warmer temperate regions of the world, in southern Europe it is rather localized. In North America it is more widely distributed, and it is ubiquitous across the Sun Belt of the United States and in the Neotropics. The Old World population is often referred to as the Great White Egret. This species is sometimes confused with the Great White Heron of the Caribbean, which is a white morph of the closely related Great Blue Heron (A. herodias).

It is only slightly smaller than the Great Blue or Grey Herons. It has all white plumage. Apart from size, it can be distinguished from other white egrets by its yellow bill and black legs and feet. It also has a slow flight, with its neck retracted. This is characteristic of herons and bitterns, and distinguishes them from storks, cranes and spoonbills, which extend their necks.

For more info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_egret

Cornell Lab of Ornithology: www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Great_Egret/overview

Taken on: June 7, 2020

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