Little egret - Wikipedia
The little egret (Egretta garzetta) 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 in shallow water and on land, consuming a variety of small creatures.
Little Egret - eBird
Breeding adult has 2 long wispy head plumes and a spray of white plumes ("aigrettes") on the lower back. Inhabits a wide variety of wetlands: lakes, rivers, marshes, estuaries—almost anywhere with small fish. Occurs as singles or small loose groups; nests and roosts communally.
Little egret - The Wildlife Trusts
The little egret is a small, white heron that feeds on small fish and crustaceans. Once a very rare visitor from the Mediterranean, little egrets are now a common sight around the coasts of southern England and Wales as they expand their range, possibly due to increasing temperatures caused by climate change.
Little Egret | Audubon Field Guide
This Old World counterpart to our Snowy Egret was formerly only an accidental visitor to North America, with only one record before 1980. Since 1980 it has been recorded several times along our...
Little Egret - Facts, Diet, Habitat & Pictures on Animalia.bio
The Little egret (Egretta garzetta) is small elegant heron in the family Ardeidae. As an aquatic bird, it feeds in shallow water and on land, consuming a variety of small creatures.
Little Egret Bird Facts | Egretta Garzetta - The RSPB Wildlife Charity
The Little Egret is a small white heron with attractive white plumes on crest, back and chest, black legs and bill and yellow feet. It first appeared in the UK in significant numbers in 1989 and first bred in Dorset in 1996.
Little Egret - Egretta garzetta - Birds of the World
2024年3月29日 · The Little Egret is a sleek, graceful heron that occurs across much of Eurasia, Africa, and Australia. The widespread nominate subspecies, E. g. garzetta, and the Australasian subspecies, E. g. nigripes, have only a white morph (except for a tiny number of garzetta).
Identification - Little Egret - Egretta garzetta - Birds of the World
2024年3月29日 · The Little Egret is a slim, medium-sized heron with a length of 55 to 65 centimeters, a wingspan of 88 to 106 centimeters, and a weight that is usually between 350 and 550 grams. In all parameters, males average larger than females (30 , 4 , 31 ).
Behavior - Little Egret - Egretta garzetta - Birds of the World
2024年3月29日 · Unlike the Western Reef-Heron (Egretta gularis), which adopts a less vertical stance, the Little Egret generally walks upright with wings held close to body and neck slightly arched. Active foraging is highly variable, from standing still to leaping about with wings open (see also Diet and Foraging: Feeding).
Little Egret | BTO - British Trust for Ornithology
With its yellow feet, which are used to flush prey when feeding in shallow water, the Little Egret is a distinctive member of the heron family. Little Egrets first bred in Britain in 1996 and since then have successfully colonised much of southern Britain and Ireland.