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Birds
Snowy egret
Snowy egret · Egretta thula
The snowy egret impresses with its snow-white plumage and yellow feet in shallow waters, and you’ll often see it constantly on the move.
Fact file
- Size
- 60 to 65 cm tall with a wingspan of up to 95 cm, weighing 350 to 370 g
- Males and females
- Males and females are hardly distinguishable in appearance
- Sounds
- Soft, croaking calls, mainly during the breeding season, otherwise rather quiet
- Diet
- Eats small fish, crustaceans, insects and amphibians
- Offspring
- Egg-laying mostly from March to June, 3 to 5 eggs per clutch
How to identify Snowy egret
The snowy egret has striking, brightly white plumage and a slender, graceful body. Typical features are its long, thin, deep black legs with bright yellow feet that almost look like gloves. The bill is straight, pointed and black, with a yellow base.
In breeding plumage during the breeding season, the snowy egret carries conspicuously long, lacy ornamental feathers on the back of its head, on its back and on its chest. The silhouette looks elegant, especially when the egret hunts with its neck drawn in or strides majestically through shallow water. Juvenile birds are overall duller in colour and have greenish-yellow legs.
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Where Snowy egret live
Costa Rica
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