{"id":4080,"date":"2016-12-17T03:00:31","date_gmt":"2016-12-17T02:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/?p=4080"},"modified":"2020-02-01T11:07:06","modified_gmt":"2020-02-01T10:07:06","slug":"western-white-egret-casmerodius-albus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/?p=4080","title":{"rendered":"Western Great Egret
Ardea alba<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"

>> GENERAL >>>>><\/strong><\/p>\n

– large bird, slightly smaller than White Stork<\/a>
\n– diurnal\/nocturnal migrant
\n– migrates singly or in small to medium flocks in formation<\/p>\n

>> VISUAL ID >>>>><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"BIF646_MPU_I1Q3147_131026_wgegret-1-WIN_d_havelland\"<\/a>
\nWestern Great Egret Ardea a. alba<\/em>, NBREED<\/strong>
\nBIF0646, 26\/10\/2013, Havelland, Germany, Mathias Putze
\n\"BIF647_MPU_I1Q3149_131026_wgegret-1-WIN_d_havelland\"<\/a>
\nWestern Great Egret Ardea a. alba<\/em>, NBREED<\/strong>
\nBIF0647, 26\/10\/2013, Havelland, Germany, Mathias Putze
\n
\n<\/a>\"BIF648_MPU_I8Z8572_100630_wgegret-1-AD-BREED_hu_kiskunsagi\"<\/a>
\nWestern Great Egret Ardea a. alba<\/em>, AD BREED<\/strong>
\nBIF0648, 30\/06\/2010, Kiskuns\u00e1gi, Hungary, Mathias Putze
\n
\n<\/a>\"BIF649_MPU_I8Z8466_100630_wgegret-1-AD-BREDD_hu_kiskunsagi\"<\/a>
\nWestern Great Egret Ardea a. alba<\/em>, AD BREED<\/strong>
\nBIF0649, 30\/06\/2010, Kiskuns\u00e1gi, Hungary, Mathias Putze
\n<\/a>
\nWestern Great Egret Ardea a. alba<\/em>, AD NBREED<\/strong>
\nBIF1198, 16\/11\/2011, Besh Barmag, Azerbaijan, Michael Hei\u00df
\n
\n<\/a>\"BIF650-1_MPU_I8Z8890_100630_wgegret-1_legret-1-AD_hu_kiskunsagi\"<\/a>
\nWestern Great Egret Ardea a. alba<\/em>, AD BREED<\/strong>
\nLittle Egret Egretta g. garzetta<\/em>, AD<\/strong>
\nBIF0650, 30\/06\/2010, Kiskuns\u00e1gi, Hungary, Mathias Putze
\n
\n<\/a>\"BIF651_MPU_PMA2836_101026_wgegret-5-WIN_d_leipzig\"<\/a>
\nWestern Great Egret Ardea a. alba,<\/em> NBREED<\/strong>
\nBIF0651, 26\/10\/2010, Leipzig, Germany, Mathias Putze
\n
\n<\/a>\"BIF652_MPU_MPU6624_110211_wgegret-FL-WIN_d_leipzig\"<\/a>
\nWestern Great Egret Ardea a. alba,<\/em> NBREED<\/strong>
\nBIF0652, 11\/02\/2011, Leipzig, Germany, Mathias Putze
\n\"BIF653_MPU_I1Q4752_141103_wgegret-FL-WIN_d_leipzig\"
\n<\/a>Western Great Egret Ardea a. alba<\/em>, NBREED<\/strong>
\nBIF0653, 03\/11\/2014, Leipzig, Germany, Mathias Putze
\n\"BIF628-2_MPU_PM_8883_110929_gheron-FL_wgegret-3_d_leipzig\"<\/a>
\nWestern Great Egret Ardea a. alba<\/em>, NBREED<\/strong>
\nGrey Heron Ardea c. cinerea<\/em><\/strong>
\nBIF0628, 29\/09\/2011, Leipzig, Germany, Mathias Putze<\/p>\n

>> ACOUSTIC ID >>>>><\/strong><\/p>\nhttps:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/BIF681-1_PFR10396_1-10_150103_wgwegret-1-TOC_d_fwz-mannh_REF-S.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

\"BIF681-3_PFR10396_1-10_150103_wgwegret-1-TOC_d_fwz-mannh_REF-S\"<\/a>
\nWestern Great Egret Ardea a. alba<\/em>, calls in flight<\/strong>
\nBIF0681, 03\/01\/2015, Flachwasserzone Mannhausen, Germany, Patrick Franke<\/p>\n

>> COMPARISON SPECIES >>>>><\/strong><\/p>\n

Grey Heron
\n<\/a>Purple Heron<\/a>
\nLittle Egret<\/a>
\nEurasian Spoonbill<\/a><\/p>\n

#waterbird <\/p>\n

#ornithology #birdmigration #birdID #birdguide #birding #birdwatching #birdsound #westernpalearctic #europe #vismig #flightcalls #vismig #flightcalls #middleeast #northernafrica #workinprogress<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

>> GENERAL >>>>> – large bird, slightly smaller than White Stork – diurnal\/nocturnal migrant – migrates singly or in small to medium flocks in formation >> VISUAL ID >>>>> Western Great Egret Ardea a. alba, NBREED BIF0646, 26\/10\/2013, Havelland, Germany, Mathias Putze Western Great Egret Ardea a. alba, NBREED BIF0647, 26\/10\/2013, Havelland, Germany, Mathias Putze … Continue reading Western Great Egret
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