Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The adult dark morph has a slate blue body and reddish head and neck with shaggy plumes. The adult white morph has entirely white body plumage. Young birds have a brown body, head, and neck. During mating, the male's plumage stands out in a ruff on its head, neck and back. The bird's usual cry is a low, guttural croak.
The western reef heron (Egretta gularis), also called the western reef egret, is a medium-sized heron found in southern Europe, Africa and parts of Asia. It has a mainly coastal distribution and occurs in several plumage forms: a slaty-grey plumage in which it can only be confused with the rather uncommon dark morph of the Little egret (Egretta garzetta); a white form which can look very ...
A few plumage features are shared, although several have plumes in breeding plumage; a number of species are either white in all plumages, have a white morph (e.g. reddish egret), or have a white juvenile plumage (little blue heron). The breeding habitat of Egretta herons is marshy wetlands in warm regions.
The Pacific reef heron (Egretta sacra), also known as the eastern reef heron or eastern reef egret, is a species of heron found throughout southern Asia and Oceania. It occurs in two colour morphs with either slaty grey or pure white plumage.
A little egret from Egypt. Great egret or great white egret, Ardea alba; Great blue heron, Ardea herodias; Intermediate egret, Mesophoyx intermedia; Western cattle egret, Ardea ibis; Little egret Egretta garzetta; Snowy egret, Egretta thula; Reddish egret, Egretta rufescens; Slaty egret, Egretta vinaceigula; Black egret, Egretta ardesiaca
Reddish egret; S. Slaty egret; Snowy egret; T. Tricolored heron; W. Western reef heron; White-faced heron This page was last edited on 31 July 2013, at 00:57 ...
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.
Great egret, Ardea alba; Little egret, Egretta garzetta (A) Snowy egret, Egretta thula; Little blue heron, Egretta caerulea; Tricolored heron, Egretta tricolor (A) Reddish egret, Egretta rufescens (A) Cattle egret, Bubulcus ibis; Green heron, Butorides virescens; Black-crowned night-heron, Nycticorax nycticorax (A) Yellow-crowned night-heron ...