Ardea alba

Great Egret at Albury

Ardea alba at Albury - 14 Nov 2020 07:30 AM
Ardea alba at Albury - 14 Nov 2020 07:30 AM
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Identification history

Ardea alba 27 Dec 2020 ChrisAllen
Ardea alba 7 Dec 2020 KylieWaldon
Ardea alba 2 Dec 2020 MichaelMulvaney
Egretta garzetta 14 Nov 2020 KylieWaldon

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I am really undecided about these. The size was right (I thought) for Little Egrets but the colours seem all wrong. I thought all Little Egrets had black legs? Are these Great Egrets?

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Species information

  • Ardea alba Scientific name
  • Great Egret Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Vulnerable *
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 700.2m Recorded at altitude
  • 429 images trained Machine learning
  • External link More information
  • Synonyms

    Ardea modesta
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