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| Great Egret Ardea alba modesta
- With fish |
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| Photographer : | © Kaajal Dasgupta |
| Location : | Bareilly Cantonment, Bareilly District, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Date : |
9 September 2020 |
| English synonyms: | Greater Egret, Large Egret, White Heron, Large Heron, Eastern Great Egret (modesta), Eastern Large Egret (modestus), White Egret, Common Egret, Great White Egret, Great White Heron, Western Great Egret, Angel Bird, Big Plume Bird, Long White, Plume Bird, White Crane |
| Bird Family : | Ardeidae - Egrets, Herons & Bitterns |
| Bird Group : | CICONIIFORMES |
| Red Data Status : | Least Concern |
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| Taxonomic Notes : | Formerly placed in the monotypic genus Casmerodius but now relocated within Ardea following Sheldon, F.H., C.E. Jones & K.G. McCracken (2000) Relative patterns and rates of evolution in heron nuclear and
mitochondrial DNA. – Molecular Biology and Evolution, 17: 437‐450. |
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