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  1. J

    Unfamiliar Egrets and Waders (Tokyo, Japan)

    Read the thread from post #98 onwards. Especially Laurent Raty's comments and species trees in posts #104, #106 & #110. The genetic distances between the subspecies are quite large, compared to some other heron species.
  2. J

    Unfamiliar Egrets and Waders (Tokyo, Japan)

    @MacNara I don't know whether you have seen this recent discussion in the taxonomy forum, which discusses Great Egret taxonomy. This indicates that current DNA evidence may favour a 3-way or 4-way split of the species (perhaps even 5-way, depending on any results from Africa)...
  3. J

    Unfamiliar Egrets and Waders (Tokyo, Japan)

    Errr. Just to confuse things, I'm going to jump in to say that the bird on the right in photo 3 looks like a Great Egret to me, based on head & bill shape, neck length, and 'hunchback' posture. It's interesting that it looks so much smaller than the Great on the left - I'm not sure if that could...
  4. J

    Unfamiliar Egrets and Waders (Tokyo, Japan)

    Although the differences may be apparent to you in Japan, it's important to bear in mind that this may not be the case throughout the entire range. Great Egret is a very widespread species and a decision to split should preferably be based on consideration of the entire range. I think there is...
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