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Great Egret (Ardea alba) Herons, Egrets and Bitterns (Ardeidae) | |||||||||||||
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American birds, egretta, show black culmen to bill in breeding plumage compared to European, alba, birds where most of the bill becomes black. Both show green cere during courtship period. Egretta shows mostly black legs, stronger colored during breeding, whereas alba shows a paler tibia generally and possibly turns pink during courtship.
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2007-10-18 Palizada road (cam), Mexico
Subspecies: egretta Adult in winter plumage flying. |
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155
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2009-02-20 Parque el Cedazo (Aguascalientes), Mexico
Subspecies: egretta Adult in breeding plumage taking landing. |
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154
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2009-03-14 Parque el Cedazo (Aguascalientes), Mexico
Subspecies: egretta Adult in winter plumage flying. |
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156
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2009-04-29 Río Lagartos (yuc), Mexico
Subspecies: egretta Adult in courtship display. |
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631
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2012-03-29 Los Amiales (col), Mexico
Subspecies: egretta Adult. Adult basic plumage. Looked a bit concerned about entering the hole, but the reward was evident. |
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2016-01-10 Laguna de Las Ilusiones (Villahermosa), Mexico
Subspecies: egretta Basic plumage with yellow cere and only very little black on the bill tip. |
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3164
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2019-09-14 Kalvebod Fælled, Denmark
Subspecies: alba (by location) Unmistakable in Denmark. Increasingly more common in the country and has bred a few times the previous years. A larger influx of birds lately indicates birds migrating south these days. Apparently 5 were together earlier this morning at this site, Villahøj sø, now only the 4 left. |
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3940
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2022-03-24 Kalvebod Fælled, Denmark
Villahøj. Non-breeding/imm plumage with pale legs and all yellow bill. My first this year on Amager, after several have been present already. Other than 3936. |
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3936
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2022-03-24 Kalvebod Fælled, Denmark
Villahøj. Came in from southwest and landed here for two seconds before continuing toward northeast. |
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5213
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2022-07-21 Kongelundsområdet, Denmark
Kofoeds Enge. |
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5313
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2023-09-10 Kalvebod Fælled, Denmark
Adult. Villahøj. |
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5302
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2023-09-13 Kalvebod Fælled, Denmark
Adult. Villahøj. One a larger influx these days. |
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5602
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2024-01-28 Kalvebod Fælled, Denmark
Sydtårn. A single early visitor. A few have stayed in the country during the harsh winter conditions of early January. |
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5652
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2024-02-17 Holløse Bredning (nordsjælland), Denmark
Adult. Dead photo, but relative close by, which I'm not so used to in Denmark, why I shot it. I saw 3, others reported 4. |