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Great egret
Adult in Tobago
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Ardeidae
Genus: Ardea
Species:
A. alba
Binomial name
Ardea alba
Range of A. alba (excluding A. a. modesta)
  Breeding range
  Year-round range
  Wintering range
Synonyms
  • Casmerodius albus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Egretta alba (Cramp and Simmons, 1977)

The great egret (Ardea alba), also known as the common egret, large egret, or (in the Old World) great white egret[2] or great white heron is a large, widely distributed egret, with four subspecies found in Asia, Africa, the Americas, and southern Europe. Distributed across most of the tropical and warmer temperate regions of the world, it builds tree nests in colonies close to water.

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  • “Characteristics and Energetics of Great Egret and Snowy Egret Foraging Flights.” Waterbirds, 2008, p. 541., https://doi.org/10.1675/1524-4695-31.4.541.
  • Collier, Jessica J., et al. “Assessing Habitat for Lake Sturgeon (Acipenser Fulvescens) Reintroduction to the Maumee River, Ohio Using Habitat Suitability Index Models.” Journal of Great Lakes Research, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2021.11.006.
  • Custer, Thomas W., and David W. Peterson. “Growth Rates of Great Egret, Snowy Egret and Black-Crowned Night-Heron Chicks.” Colonial Waterbirds, vol. 14, no. 1, 1991, p. 46., https://doi.org/10.2307/1521278.
  • Indicators Data Population Trends of Common European ... https://www.bto.org/sites/default/files/u16/images/publications/other_reports/pecbmsleaflet2011.pdf.
  1. ^ BirdLife International (2019). "Ardea alba". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T22697043A155465940. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T22697043A155465940.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Great White Egret Facts | Ardea alba". The RSPB.