There are five species of Egret that call Australia Home.
Cattle Egret 48-53cm, arrived in the North of Australia about 1950. Eastern Great Egret 0.85-1.05cm.
Eastern Reef Egret 60-65cm,with a Dark & Light Morph phase.
Intermediate Egret 55-65cm.
Little Egret 55-65cm.
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Cattle Egret (Ardea ibis)
Eastern Great Egret (Ardea alba)
Eastern Reef Egret (Egretta sacra) (Dark Morph)
Have seen the Light Morph phase,unfortunately no photos.
Have seen the Light Morph phase,unfortunately no photos.
Intermediate Egret (Ardea intermedia)
12 comments:
Congrats on getting great photos of all five!
You've got the set!
Great series!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.
They are all beautiful Egrets. Great shots!
Wow, what a great series. Five of them!
interesting to see the Eastern Reef Egret especially
Now I didn't know that Cattle egrets were such a late arrival! Great shots, Thanks for sharing!
Gorgeous birds!
Nice egret mix up. It makes me wonder how many more kinds there are.
wonderful bunch!
hope my comment went thru. not sure.
like this set. really like the reef one!
Great shots of the egret.
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