Little egret

Dangermouse, your correct identification came to my attention when I saw the suggested alternate ID for Snowy Egret. I also wanted to provide a link to a website so you could add that into the link data area as well.

Apologies, Dangermouse; my fault entirely for the confusion. Because the subject was so small, I was simply offering an alternative (ignoring, as Mitchray so aptly pointed out, the range factor). Snowy egrets do have yellow legs as juveniles, but as adults their legs are black and feet yellow (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowy_Egret).

I think we would be talking about Egretta garzetta garzetta. Which, as MitchRay said, has yellow feet. Thanks Mitchray!!

Little Egret's have yellow feet as well. This guy is in the wrong part of the world to be a Snowy Egret. Sometimes a range map is the naturalists best friend.

The Yellow feet don't count?

Given the range description, the little egret is the best call.

that's the other choice; hard to tell without a good look at the loresarounds the eyes: snowy's are always yellow, little's only while breeding (this bird's face looks pretty dark at this distance, solittle egret wouldbe the best call)