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The great egret (Ardea alba), also known as the common egret, large egret, or (in the Old World) great white egret [2] or great white heron, [3] [4] [5] is a large, widely distributed egret. The four subspecies are found in Asia, Africa, the Americas, and southern Europe. Recently, it has also been spreading to more northern areas of Europe.
The eastern great egret (Ardea alba modesta) is a species of heron from the genus Ardea, usually considered a subspecies of the great egret (A. alba). In New Zealand it is known as the white heron or by its Māori name kōtuku. It was first described by British ornithologist John Edward Gray in 1831.
White-necked heron or Pacific heron: Australia. Ardea alba: Great egret, great white heron or white egret: Most of Asia south from Russia; sub-Saharan Africa and the Mediterranean; North, Central and South America; the Caribbean islands. Ardea brachyrhyncha: Yellow-billed egret: Sub-Saharan Africa Ardea intermedia: Medium egret: Southeast Asia ...
Great white heron may refer to: The all-white population of the great blue heron; Great egret This page was last edited on 28 December 2019, at 16:13 (UTC). Text is ...
the refuge is located along the north side of the Keys in that area that border the Gulf of Mexico.The 130,187 acre (527 km 2) refuge (6,207 acres (25 km 2) of it land, 123,980 (502 km 2) water) was established on October 27, 1938, as a haven for great white herons, migratory birds, and other wildlife Approximately 1,900 acres (8 km 2) are designated as a wilderness area.
The "great white heron" could be confused with the great egret (Ardea alba), but is larger, with yellow legs as opposed to the great egret's black legs. The reddish egret ( Egretta rufescens ) and little blue heron ( Egretta caerulea ) could be mistaken for the great blue heron, but are much smaller, and lack white on the head and yellow in the ...
The great blue heron is the largest heron native to North America. Its range is very wide, spreading from norther Canada to South America depending on the time of year, and encompassing almost all ...
Western reef heron: Egretta gularis (Bosc, 1792) 44 Pied heron: Egretta picata (Gould, 1845) 45 White-faced heron: Egretta novaehollandiae (Latham, 1790) 46 White-backed night heron: Calherodius leuconotus (Wagler, 1827) 47 White-eared night heron: Oroanassa magnifica (Ogilvie-Grant, 1899) 48 Striated heron: Butorides striata (Linnaeus, 1758 ...