Snowy egret
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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
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.
Breeding plumage
Little egret
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The little egret is a species of small heron in the family Ardeidae. It is a white bird with a slender black beak, long black legs and, in the western race, yellow feet. As an aquatic bird, it feeds i
Snowy egret
…The snowy egret (Egretta thula) 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 term for the black-necked swan, applied to this species…
Little egret Photograph by Shantanu Kuveskar
In flight, Cyprus
Blue beak little egret, Taiwan 2018
Little egret with crest