INTERMEDIATE EGRET

 

Photographed on Cocos Island, January 2023.

1319                  INTERMEDIATE EGRET                  Ardea intermedia                 

AUSTRALIA                    806

Split Intermediate Egret into three species on 23 September 2023: Yellow-billed Egret, Plumed Egret and Intermediate Egret. Intermediate Egret is found from Russia to Japan to South Indian Ocean and Greater Sundra. Stalks prey in shallow coastal or fresh water and flooded fields. Eats fish, frogs, crustaceans and insects.