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Little Egret; Garceta Común

Egretta garzetta

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Field Notes

Habitat:

Coastal marshes

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
Malcolm Wilton-Jones
In winter the Snowy, Little and Chinese are all similar, except for size, in summer all 3 are very different, the snowy having far more head plumes than the others and the Chinese bill turns yellow! The Littles feet may turn red!

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PublishedMay 29, 2013

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