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Great Egret
Ardea alba
40.7659, -73.9743
Field Notes
Description:
White plumage, about 1 m tall, it can be distinguished from other white egrets by its yellow bill and black legs and feet.
Habitat:
Spotted at the Pond, Central Park, New York.
Owing to its wide distribution across so much of the Americas, as well as Africa, Europe, and Asia.
Notes:
In North America, large numbers of great egrets were killed around the end of the 19th century so that their plumes, known as ”aigrettes", could be used to decorate hats.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Ardeidae
Genus: Ardea
Species: A. alba
Reference Links:
Great egret - Wikipedia
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PublishedMay 24, 2021
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