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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.
Kotuku, White heron, Egretta alba modesta, A large white heron with a long yellow bill, long dark legs and a very long neck. When breeding, the bill becomes grey-black and long filamentous plumes develop, mainly on the back. In flight, the white heron tucks its heads back into its shoulders so that the length of its neck is hidden, giving it a ...
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 ...
White-necked heron or Pacific heron, Ardea pacifica ; Black-headed heron, Ardea melanocephala ; Humblot's heron, Ardea humbloti ; White-bellied heron, Ardea insignis ; Great-billed heron, Ardea sumatrana ; Purple heron, Ardea purpurea ; Great egret or great white egret, Ardea alba; Intermediate egret, Ardea intermedia; Syrigma Ridgway, 1878 ...
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 ...
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 ...
An all-white population found in south Florida and the Florida Keys is known as the great white heron. Debate exists about whether these white birds are a color morph of the great blue heron, a subspecies of it, or an entirely separate species.
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