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Mexican Species
| Great Egret (Ardea alba) | |||
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| Subspecies | Hide subspecies | ||
| alba | alba (Eurasian) | Central Europe to central Asia (south to Iran) | |
| melanorhynchos | melanorhyncha (African) | Africa south of the Sahara and Madagascar | |
| egretta | egretta (American) | S Canada to Tierra del Fuego and West Indies | |
| modesta | modesta (Australasian) | Southern and e Asia to Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand | |
| Endemic status | Not endemic | ||
| Birds (media) | Yes | ||
| Sound Guide | |||
| Comment | 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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