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    Unfamiliar Egrets and Waders (Tokyo, Japan)

    (Just to note: I'll probably edit the Opus entries a bit in the light of the above. Other great egrets can be confused with intermediate in other places, though, so it's not just limited to modesta. It's important to say that too.)
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    Unfamiliar Egrets and Waders (Tokyo, Japan)

    Yet. The point is that the id q&a forum locks up lots of info which is either not in or is scattered across references. If that can be extracted and placed in one place (opus) you would have something superior to any other source. As it is we often recycle discussions and (probably) come to...
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    Unfamiliar Egrets and Waders (Tokyo, Japan)

    Well here's what I put into Opus. By all means edit it if you disagree: Most similar to Great Egret, especially in parts of south-east asia. Intermediate differs as follow: smaller, daintier, more graceful extended head and neck about equal to body length head is rounder bill...
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    Unfamiliar Egrets and Waders (Tokyo, Japan)

    Yes. I'm just wondering what one might salvage. I've certainly seen intermediate egret which were without kink (with great nearby)
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    Unfamiliar Egrets and Waders (Tokyo, Japan)

    Of these only the middle bird of photo 2 is without kink for me.
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    Unfamiliar Egrets and Waders (Tokyo, Japan)

    So... the kink in the neck theory doesn't hold. But if you see a bird with a round neck isn't it intermediate?
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    Unfamiliar Egrets and Waders (Tokyo, Japan)

    Subspecies modesta: different species in the view of some I believe. https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Great_Egret
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