GREAT EGRET

(214*)                    GREAT EGRET               Ardea alba

USA                2

The great egret, also known as the common egret, large egret, or (in the Old World) great white egret or great white heron, is a large, widely distributed egret. The four subspecies are found in Asia, Africa, the Americas, and southern Europe. 

GREAT EGRET

214      GREAT EGRET       Ardea alba

Australia     (214)

Also known as Large or White Egret, or Whit Crane. 76 cm -1 m, span c. 1.5 m. Ranges all over Australia except driest e. WA, nw SA and sw NT. Found in shallow riverbeds, estuaries, tidal mudflats, wetlands, sewerage ponds and irrigation areas.