Little Egret (Dimorphic) (Egretta garzetta)

Sometimes split into Little, Western Reef, and Dimorphic Egrets or lumped into one highly variable Little Egret. Clements/eBird take a middle road, splitting Western Reef, but lumping Dimorphic while IOC splits all three. This dark "Dimorphic Egret" (E. g. dimorpha) ranges locally along the coast of East Africa as well as some Indian Ocean Islands. We were told that dark morphs are males and white morphs are females but this is questionable. Dark morphs reportedly outnumber white morphs by 2:1. Formerly placed in the genus "Ardea."