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Snowy egrets breed in mixed colonies, which may include great egrets, night herons, tricolored herons, little blue herons, cattle egrets, glossy ibises and roseate spoonbills. The male establishes a territory and starts building the nest in a tree, vines or thick undergrowth.
Great egret in flight Egrets at dusk in Kolleru Lake, Andhra Pradesh, India. Many egrets are members of the genera Egretta or Ardea, which also contain other species named as herons rather than egrets. The distinction between a heron and an egret is rather vague, and depends more on appearance than biology.
Snowy egret, Egretta thula; Little blue heron, Egretta caerulea (R) ... The Arctic warbler breeds east into Alaska. The species are of various sizes, often green ...
Great egret: Ardea alba Linnaeus, 1758: 60 Yellow-billed egret: Ardea brachyrhyncha Brehm, AE, 1854: 61 Medium egret: Ardea intermedia Wagler, 1829: 62 Plumed egret: Ardea plumifera Gould, 1848: 63 Western cattle egret: Ardea ibis (Linnaeus, 1758) 64 Eastern cattle egret: Ardea coromanda (Boddaert, 1783) 65 Grey heron: Ardea cinerea Linnaeus ...
The family Ardeidae contains the herons, egrets, and bitterns. Herons and egrets are medium to large wading birds with long necks and legs. Bitterns tend to be shorter necked and more secretive. Twelve species of bitterns, herons, and egrets have been recorded in Georgia. American bittern, Botaurus lentiginosus; Least bittern, Ixobrychus exilis
Great egret: U - F F Snowy egret: U - F F Cattle egret - - - U Green heron: U U U U Black-crowned night heron: U U F F Turkey vulture: F F U - Canada goose: U - U U Brant: C - U - Wood duck: U U F F Gadwall: F U F F American wigeon - - U C Mallard: C C C C Blue-winged teal - - U U Cinnamon teal: C U U F Northern shoveler: U - U F Northern ...
Snowy egret, Egretta thula LC; Little blue heron, Egretta caerulea (A) LC; ... The Arctic warbler breeds east into Alaska. The species are of various sizes, often ...
Cattle egret (garza in Spanish), a common bird in Puerto Rico's rural areas, usually found on top of cows. Order: Pelecaniformes Family: Ardeidae. The family Ardeidae contains the bitterns, herons, and egrets. Herons and egrets are medium to large wading birds with long necks and legs. Bitterns tend to be shorter necked and more secretive.