Eastern Great Egret: S4, Squatting, Breeding Plumage starting

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Birds (Aves)

Order:

Storks (Ciconiiformes)

Family:

Heron (Ardeidae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Eastern Great Egret (Ardea alba ssp modesta)

This Photo:

S4, Squatting, Breeding Plumage starting

Synonyms:

Ardea alba or Ardea modesta

Thank you Fubberpish & Andrew Taylor (Andrew-Taylor) for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found in the Murray Mallee SA, Riverland, Coastal Areas and possibly elsewhere

This species is classed as

VU (Vulnerable)

in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)

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