Great Egret Ardea alba modesta
Photographer : © Vijay Kumar Sethi
Location : Dhanauri Wetlands, Greater Noida, Gautam Budhha Nagar District, Uttar Pradesh, India
Date :
2 February 2019
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
Remarks :
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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1. Great Egret
2. Great Egret >> Non-breeding
3. Great Egret >> Landing
4. Great Egret >> Non-breeding
5. Great Egret >> Non-breeding adult
6. Great Egret >> With fish
7. Great Egret >> With fish
8. Great Egret
9. Great Egret >> In flight
10. Great Egret >> Non-breeding
11. Great Egret >> With fish
12. Great Egret >> In flight
13. Great Egret
14. Great Egret >> Non-breeding adult
15. Great Egret >> Non-breeding
16. Great Egret >> Fishing
17. Great Egret >> Fishing
18. Great Egret >> Fishing
19. Great Egret >> Adult in breeding plumage
20. Great Egret >> Breeding plumaged adult in flight
21. Great Egret >> Comparison
22. Great Egret >> Non-breeding in flight
23. Great Egret >> Adult in breeding plumage
24. Great Egret >> Fishing
25. Great Egret >> Comparison
26. Great Egret >> Non-breeding
27. Great Egret >> Adult in flight
28. Great Egret >> Adult in breeding plumage
29. Great Egret >> Breeding plumaged adult in flight
30. Great Egret >> Adult in breeding plumage
31. Great Egret >> Non-breeding adult in flight
32. Great Egret >> Hunting
33. Great Egret >> Adult in prime breeding plumage
34. Great Egret
35. Great Egret >> Non-breeding
36. Great Egret >> Adult in prime breeding plumage
37. Great Egret >> Non-breeding
38. Great Egret >> Non-breeding
39. Great Egret >> Non-breeding
40. Great Egret >> Non-breeding
41. Great Egret >> Non-breeding
42. Great Egret >> Non-breeding
43. Great Egret >> Non-breeding
44. Great Egret >> Landing
45. Great Egret >> Non-breeding
46. Great Egret
47. Great Egret
48. Great Egret >> In flight
49. Great Egret
50. Great Egret >> Non-breeding
51. Great Egret >> Adults in breeding plumage
52. Great Egret >> Adults in breeding plumage
53. Great Egret >> Chick
54. Great Egret >> In flight
55. Great Egret
56. Great Egret >> Adult taking off
57. Great Egret >> Fishing
58. Great Egret >> Fishing
59. Great Egret >> Non-breeding
60. Great Egret >> Fishing
61. Great Egret
62. Great Egret >> Adult carrying nesting material
63. Great Egret
64. Great Egret >> Social behaviour
65. Great Egret >> Non-breeding
66. Great Egret >> Non-breeding
67. Great Egret
68. Great Egret >> Taking off
69. Great Egret >> Taking off
70. Great Egret >> Non-breeding
71. Great Egret >> Adult in prime breeding condition
72. Great Egret >> Adult taking off
73. Great Egret >> Adult landing
74. Great Egret >> Comparison
75. Great Egret >> Non-breeding adult
76. Great Egret >> Hovering
77. Great Egret >> Foraging
78. Great Egret >> With fish
79. Great Egret >> Preening
80. Great Egret >> Non-breeding
81. Great Egret
82. Great Egret >> Adult assuming non-breeding plumage
83. Great Egret >> Adult assuming non-breeding plumage
84. Great Egret >> Preening
85. Great Egret >> Adult in breeding plumage
86. Great Egret >> Non-breeding
87. Great Egret >> Non-breeding
88. Great Egret >> Adult carrying nesting material
89. Great Egret >> Adults in breeding plumage
90. Great Egret >> Adult in non-breeding plumage
91. Great Egret >> Adult in partial breeding plumage
92. Great Egret >> Adult in partial breeding plumage
93. Great Egret >> Adult in prime breeding plumage
94. Great Egret >> Non-breeding adult
95. Great Egret >> Breeding plumaged adult in flight
96. Great Egret >> Adult carrying nesting material
97. Great Egret >> Breeding plumaged adult in flight from below
98. Great Egret >> In flight
99. Great Egret >> In flight
100. Great Egret
101. Great Egret >> Taking off
102. Great Egret >> In flight
103. Great Egret >> Non-breeding adult
104. Great Egret >> Non-breeding adult
105. Great Egret >> Non-breeding
106. Great Egret >> With fish
107. Great Egret >> Comparison
108. Great Egret >> Non-breeding
109. Great Egret
110. Great Egret >> Non-breeding
111. Great Egret >> With fish
112. Great Egret >> Comparison
113. Great Egret >> In flight
114. Great Egret >> Adult in breeding plumage
115. Great Egret >> With fish
116. Great Egret
117. Great Egret
118. Great Egret >> Non-breeding
119. Great Egret >> Breeding plumaged adult in flight from below
120. Great Egret >> Non-breeding
121. Great Egret >> Adult feeding young
122. Great Egret >> Non-breeding
123. Great Egret >> Taking off
124. Great Egret >> Upperwing
125. Great Egret >> Adult in prime breeding plumage
126. Great Egret >> Adult in prime breeding plumage
127. Great Egret >> Breeding plumaged adult in flight
128. Great Egret
129. Great Egret
130. Great Egret >> Breeding adult
131. Great Egret >> Foraging
132. Great Egret >> In flight
133. Great Egret >> In flight
134. Great Egret >> Chick
135. Great Egret
136. Great Egret >> Chick
137. Great Egret >> Non-breeding
138. Great Egret >> Adult in prime breeding condition
139. Great Egret >> In flight from below
140. Great Egret >> Adult in breeding plumage
141. Great Egret >> Adult in breeding plumage
142. Great Egret >> Adult in breeding plumage
143. Great Egret >> Taking off
144. Great Egret >> Comparison
145. Great Egret >> In flight
146. Great Egret >> Non-breeding
147. Great Egret >> Adult in breeding plumage
148. Great Egret >> Adult in partial breeding plumage
149. Great Egret
150. Great Egret >> Comparison
151. Great Egret >> Adult non-breeding
152. Great Egret >> With fish
153. Great Egret >> Fishing
154. Great Egret
155. Great Egret
156. Great Egret >> With prey
157. Great Egret >> Fighting
158. Great Egret >> Adult in breeding plumage
159. Great Egret >> Adult in breeding plumage
160. Great Egret >> With prey
161. Great Egret >> In flight
162. Great Egret >> Non-breeding
163. Great Egret >> Adult in partial breeding plumage
164. Great Egret >> Non-breeding adult in flight
165. Great Egret
166. Great Egret >> Non-breeding adult in flight
167. Great Egret >> Non-breeding
168. Great Egret >> Non-breeding
169. Great Egret >> Fishing
170. Great Egret >> Non-breeding
171. Great Egret >> Fishing
172. Great Egret >> In flight
173. Great Egret >> Breeding plumage
174. Great Egret
175. Great Egret >> Adult in breeding plumage
176. Great Egret >> Adult in breeding plumage
177. Great Egret >> In flight
178. Great Egret
179. Great Egret >> Comparison
180. Great Egret >> Adult with young on nest
181. Great Egret >> Adult in breeding plumage
182. Great Egret >> Preening
183. Great Egret >> Adult assuming breeding plumage
184. Great Egret >> Adult assuming breeding plumage
185. Great Egret >> Non-breeding adult
186. Great Egret >> With fish
187. Great Egret >> Feeding behaviour
188. Great Egret >> Feeding behaviour
189. Great Egret >> Non-breeding adult in flight
190. Great Egret >> Non-breeding
191. Great Egret
192. Great Egret
193. Great Egret >> In flight
194. Great Egret >> Non-breeding
195. Great Egret >> Non-breeding
196. Great Egret >> Comparison
197. Great Egret
198. Great Egret >> Adult in prime breeding plumage
199. Great Egret >> Taking off
200. Great Egret
201. Great Egret >> In flight
202. Great Egret >> Taking off
203. Great Egret >> Adult in non-breeding plumage
204. Great Egret >> Adults in partial breeding plumage
205. Great Egret >> Adults in partial breeding plumage
206. Great Egret >> In flight from below
207. Great Egret >> Adult in breeding plumage
208. Great Egret >> Adult in breeding plumage
209. Great Egret
210. Great Egret >> Landing
211. Great Egret >> In flight from below
212. Great Egret >> Bathing
213. Great Egret >> With fish
214. Great Egret >> Group
215. Great Egret >> Landing
216. Great Egret >> Beginning to assume breeding plumage
217. Great Egret >> Adult in prime breeding plumage
218. Great Egret >> Non-breeding
219. Great Egret >> Non-breeding plumage
220. Great Egret >> Non-breeding adult
221. Great Egret >> Non-breeding adult
222. Great Egret >> Territorial dispute
223. Great Egret >> Adult in breeding plumage
224. Great Egret >> Adult and immature
225. Great Egret >> Adult in breeding plumage
226. Great Egret >> Non-breeding
227. Great Egret >> In flight
228. Great Egret >> Adults with young on nest
229. Great Egret >> Non-breeding adult
230. Great Egret >> Adult beginning to assume breeding plumage
231. Great Egret >> Non-breeding adult
232. Great Egret >> Non-breeding adult
233. Great Egret >> Non-breeding adult in flight
234. Great Egret >> Non-breeding adult in flight
235. Great Egret >> Non-breeding adult in flight
236. Great Egret >> Territorial dispute
237. Great Egret >> Pair with nesting material
238. Great Egret >> Carrying nesting material
239. Great Egret >> Adult in breeding plumage
240. Great Egret >> Breeding adult
241. Great Egret >> Non-breeding
242. Great Egret >> Adult in breeding plumage
243. Great Egret >> With prey
244. Great Egret >> Breeding plumage
245. Great Egret
246. Great Egret >> In flight
247. Great Egret >> Adult in flight from below
248. Great Egret >> Adult
249. Great Egret >> Adult in breeding plumage
250. Great Egret >> Adult non-breeding
251. Great Egret >> Pair courting
252. Great Egret >> Pair courting
253. Great Egret >> Non-breeding
254. Great Egret >> Adult in flight
255. Great Egret >> Adult in flight
256. Great Egret >> Non-breeding
257. Great Egret
258. Great Egret >> Adult non-breeding
259. Great Egret >> Adult non-breeding
260. Great Egret >> Adult non-breeding
261. Great Egret
262. Great Egret >> Adult
263. Great Egret >> Adult non-breeding
264. Great Egret >> Adult non-breeding
265. Great Egret >> Winter (non-breeding)
266. Great Egret >> Adult non-breeding
267. Great Egret >> Adults in breeding plumage
268. Great Egret >> Adult in breeding plumage
269. Great Egret >> Adult in breeding plumage
270. Great Egret >> Winter (non-breeding)