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| - | <div style="{{psubheader}}">Featured Article: '''[[Whimbrel]]'''</div> | + | <div style="{{psubheader}}">Featured Article: '''[[Great Egret]]'''</div> |
| - | [[Image:Whimbrel.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Photo by {{user|Romy+Ocon|Romy Ocon}}<br />La Union Province, Luzon Island, [[Philippines]], September 2004]] | + | [[Image:Great_Egret.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Photo by {{user|Gene|Gene}}<br />[[Illinois]], April 2004]] |
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| - | ;[[:Category:Numenius|Numenius]] phaeopus | + | ;[[:Category:Ardea|Ardea]] alba |
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| - | Length 37-45 cm (incl. bill 6-9), wingspan 78-88 cm<br /> | + | ==Identification== |
| - | The body of this bird is patterned in brownish to brownish-grey colours, especially on the underside over a lighter basis. The bill is bent down about 1/3 from the tip. On the side of the head is a dark stripe through the eye, a light supercilium, a dark stripe above that one, and a light central stripe. The three crown stripes are the most conspicous of these if the crown can be seen well.<br /> | + | Height 101cm<br/> |
| - | Three main forms are recognized: the [[Europe|Europe]]an forms have a light coloured tail and a white rump that continues up the back, but is only visible in flight. Siberian forms have darker tail and lower rump, but still show the white area on the back. [[America]]n forms have the tail, rump and back of a similar colour to the wings. | + | Weight 950g |
| | + | *Large white bird |
| | + | *Slightly smaller and with a much slimmer build than [[Great Blue Heron]] or [[Grey Heron]] |
| | + | *black legs/feet in American populations, but yellow in European birds of subspecies ''alba'' and greyish in non-breeding east Asian birds of subspecies ''modesta''. |
| | + | *bill yellow in most stages |
| | + | *In short "high breeding" period bill becomes black (at least in [[Europe]]) |
| | + | *lores yellow in most birds, but America birds show green lores in high breeding |
| | + | *In breeding plumage shows ornamental plumes |
| | + | Most of the year, distinguished from other egrets by combination of leg/foot and bill color. |
| | + | ==Distribution== |
| | + | A very widespread bird occurring in [[North America|North]] and [[South America]], [[Europe]], [[Africa]], [[Asia]] and [[Australasia]]. |
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| - | '''[''[[Whimbrel|Read More...]]'']''' | + | '''[''[[Great Egret|Read More...]]'']''' |
Most of the year, distinguished from other egrets by combination of leg/foot and bill color.
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