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Birds
Great egret
Great egret · Ardea alba
Snow-white great egrets with their slender silhouette glide silently through shallow waters and offer you genuine moments in nature.
Fact file
- Size
- Grows up to 1 metre tall with a weight of around 1.5 kg
- Males and females
- Males and females are hardly distinguishable in appearance
- Sounds
- Calls are rough and short, mainly in colonies
- Diet
- Hunts mainly fish, amphibians and insects
- Offspring
- Usually lays 3 to 5 eggs, breeding season from April
How to identify Great egret
The great egret is a large, very slender bird with snow-white plumage that stays dazzlingly pure in every season. Its long neck and yellow beak look elegant and upright in contrast to its thin black legs.
In breeding plumage, the great egret is notable for its long, delicate ornamental feathers on its back. The birds reach a body length of about one metre and, with their proud posture and pure white feathers, are easy to distinguish from other heron species.
More in the app
With Wildful Stories+ you also get in the app:
- general viewing tips
- 3 places where you can see Great egret
Where Great egret live
Namibia
South Africa
Botswana
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