Little Egret
Egretta garzetta

>> GENERAL >>>>>

– small egret, slightly smaller than Northern Raven
– diurnal migrant, probably nocturnal as well
– migrates singly or in small to medium flocks in loose formation

>> VISUAL ID >>>>>

BIF654_MPU_I1Q1917_121231_legret-1_mar_merdja-zerga
Little Egret Egretta g. garzetta
BIF0654, 31/12/2012, Merdja Zerga, Morocco, Mathias Putze

BIF655_MPU_I8Z7852_100629_legret-1-AD_hu_kiskunsagi
Little Egret Egretta g. garzetta, AD
BIF0655, 29/06/2010, Kiskunsági, Hungary, Mathias Putze

BIF650-2_MPU_I8Z8890_100630_wgegret-1_legret-1-AD_hu_kiskunsagi
Little Egret Egretta g. garzetta, AD
Western Great Egret Ardea a. alba

BIF0650, 30/06/2010, Kiskunsági, Hungary, Mathias Putze

BIF656-1_MPU_I1Q1336_cegret-FL_legret-FL_mar_larache
Little Egret Egretta g. garzetta
Cattle Egret Bubulcus i. ibis

BIF0656, 31/12/2012, Larache, Morocco, Mathias Putze

BIF657_MPU_I1Q1322_121231_legret-FL_mar_larache
Little Egret Egretta g. garzetta
BIF0657, 31/12/2012, Merdja Zerga, Morocco, Mathias Putze

>> ACOUSTIC ID >>>>>

BIF658-3_MPE0006_150813_legret-1-FC_f_plouezoch_REF-S
Little Egret Egretta g. garzetta
BIF0658, 13/08/2015, Plouezoch, France, Michèle Peron

>> COMPARISON SPECIES >>>>>

Western Great Egret
Western Reef Heron
Cattle Egret
Squacco Heron
Black-crowned Night Heron

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