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Little Egret

Egretta garzetta

Photo by Atul
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Description:

this egret adult is in its breeding phase ,the nape plumes are clearly seen in breeding season

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Comments (8)
Atul
Thank you so much Carol and Karen!
Carol Snow Milne
Oh Atul! So so wonderful! I must tell you an exciting story of what I saw on my childhood river. OK, short and sweet. I saw 7 of these USA type birds on the river all lined up together while I was walking.
TampaDave
I believe the current Little Egret identification is correct. The snowy egret is the US version of this bird. The little egret is nearly identical to the snowy egret http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Egret only it is found in Europe and Asia.
SusanEllison
yeah..it is snowy egret: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/6782042
Atul
no we dont and yes its feet were yellow
alicelongmartin
Likely you have a Snowy Egret there. Do you remember if it's feet were yellow? But maybe you don't call them that in India.

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