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Great Egret
Ardea alba
29 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibis
Medium EgretArdea intermedia
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Plumed EgretArdea plumifera
Yellow-billed EgretArdea brachyrhyncha
Eastern Cattle-EgretArdea coromanda
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| Alaska | 1,612,988 |
|---|---|
| United States | 214,326 |
| New Hampshire | 71,952 |
| California | 55,998 |
| Texas | 44,062 |
| Colorado | 21,062 |
| Mexico | 20,633 |
| West Virginia | 20,433 |
| Canada | 11,146 |
| Australia | 9,673 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Group and habits
- Tree nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting in trees.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Shrub nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting in shrubs.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Platform nestingListed by a harvested source as building platform nests.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Fish eaterListed by a harvested source as primarily eating fish.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Brood-parasite hostListed by a harvested source as a host of brood parasites.BIRDBASE avian traits database
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordates · Chordata |
| Class | Birds · Aves |
| Order | Pelicans, Herons, and Allies · Pelecaniformes |
| Family | Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns · Ardeidae |
| Genus | Great Herons and Egrets · Ardea |
Study it in a deck
- Birds of Bogota Capital District, Colombia
- Birds of British Columbia, Canada
- Birds of Centre Wellington, Ontario, Canada
- Birds of Ontario
- Birds of Orangeville, Ontario, Canada
- Birds of Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
- Birds of Pennsylvania (Alkas)
- Birds of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Or build your own from the species near you.
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- Traits: BIRDBASE avian traits database (CC BY 4.0)
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Great Egret with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.