Ardea alba

Great Egret at Rosedale, NSW

Ardea alba at Rosedale, NSW - 1 Sep 2019
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Identification history

Egretta garzetta 9 Sep 2019 jb2602

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User's notes

Juv yellow bill with dark tip; black legs

2 comments

CBrandis wrote:
   10 Sep 2019
Neck too long for Little and the Great uses the shore line at time while the Little generally is in shallow lake waters. The Great has a yellow bill in non breeding and the Little juvenile yellow bill does not last long. Cheers
jb2602 wrote:
   10 Sep 2019
Thanks for that Chris

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  • 1 Abundance
  • 1 Sep 2019 01:49 PM Recorded on
  • jb2602 Recorded by

Species information

  • Ardea alba Scientific name
  • Great Egret Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-Invasive
  • Up to 700.2m Recorded at altitude
  • 346 images trained Machine learning
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  • Synonyms

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