Egrets are herons; generally long-legged wading birds that have white or buff plumage and develop fine plumes during the breeding season. Egrets are not a biologically distinct group from herons and h
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Egrets at dusk in Kolleru Lake, Andhra Pradesh, India
A little egret from Egypt
The snowy egret is a small white heron. The genus name comes from Provençal French for the little egret, aigrette, which is a diminutive of aigron, 'heron'. The species name thula is the Mapudungun te
Egret
…Little egret, Egretta garzetta Snowy egret, Egretta thula Reddish egret, Egretta rufescens…
Snowy Egret Edwin B Forsythe NWR, Galloway, NJ, USA
Males in breeding plumage fighting
With a juvenile Florida pompano, showing the red lores characteristic of the breeding season.