intermediate egret
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Intermediate egret (I think?)
Scientific Name: Ardea intermedia
Description: The Intermediate Egret is intermediate in size between the Little Egret and the Great Egret. It is white with yellow bill and grey legs. In the breeding season the bill turns reddish and it develops plumes on back and chest. Males and females are similar in appearance.
Size: 60cm - 70cm
Habitat: wetlands, swamps, flooded grassland
Food: fish, frog, crustaceans, insects
Breeding: nests in colonies in trees in swamps or mangroves. The nest is made of sticks. Lays three or four pale blue oval eggs in a stick nest. Often forms breeding colonies with other species of herons.
Range: Found in eastern and northern parts of Australia, including Victoria and most of New South Wales and Queensland, tropical north of Western Australia and Northern Territory. The Intermediate Egret is also found in Africa, India, south east Asia.
(Source: www.ozanimals.com)
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intermediate egret
Many thanks for your visits, faves and comments. Cheers.
Intermediate egret (I think?)
Scientific Name: Ardea intermedia
Description: The Intermediate Egret is intermediate in size between the Little Egret and the Great Egret. It is white with yellow bill and grey legs. In the breeding season the bill turns reddish and it develops plumes on back and chest. Males and females are similar in appearance.
Size: 60cm - 70cm
Habitat: wetlands, swamps, flooded grassland
Food: fish, frog, crustaceans, insects
Breeding: nests in colonies in trees in swamps or mangroves. The nest is made of sticks. Lays three or four pale blue oval eggs in a stick nest. Often forms breeding colonies with other species of herons.
Range: Found in eastern and northern parts of Australia, including Victoria and most of New South Wales and Queensland, tropical north of Western Australia and Northern Territory. The Intermediate Egret is also found in Africa, India, south east Asia.
(Source: www.ozanimals.com)
© Chris Burns 2017
__________________________________________
All rights reserved.
This image may not be copied, reproduced, distributed, republished, downloaded, displayed, posted or transmitted in any form or by any means, including electronic, mechanical, photocopying and recording without my written consent.