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Home Latest contributions Images Missing images Photographers OBC Home Join OBC RSS feed		Next >>  Great Egret Ardea alba modesta   Photographer : © Vijay Kumar Sethi Location : Dhanauri Wetlands, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India Date : 7 May 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. Select an image: 1. Great Egret >> Foraging 2. Great Egret 3. Great Egret >> In flight 4. Great Egret >> With fish 5. Great Egret >> Adult in breeding plumage 6. Great Egret 7. Great Egret >> Non-breeding 8. Great Egret 9. Great Egret >> Group 10. Great Egret >> Non-breeding 11. Great Egret 12. Great Egret 13. Great Egret >> In flight 14. Great Egret >> Landing 15. Great Egret >> Comparison 16. Great Egret >> Non-breeding 17. Great Egret >> Non-breeding 18. Great Egret 19. Great Egret >> Comparison 20. Great Egret 21. Great Egret >> Non-breeding 22. Great Egret >> Landing 23. Great Egret >> Non-breeding 24. Great Egret >> Non-breeding adult 25. Great Egret >> With fish 26. Great Egret >> With fish 27. Great Egret 28. Great Egret >> In flight 29. Great Egret >> Non-breeding 30. Great Egret >> With fish 31. Great Egret >> In flight 32. Great Egret 33. Great Egret >> Non-breeding adult 34. Great Egret >> Non-breeding 35. Great Egret >> Fishing 36. Great Egret >> Fishing 37. Great Egret >> Fishing 38. 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Great Egret >> Preening 99. Great Egret >> Non-breeding 100. Great Egret 101. Great Egret >> Adult assuming non-breeding plumage 102. Great Egret >> Adult assuming non-breeding plumage 103. Great Egret >> Preening 104. Great Egret >> Adult in breeding plumage 105. Great Egret >> Non-breeding 106. Great Egret >> Non-breeding 107. Great Egret >> Adult carrying nesting material 108. Great Egret >> Adults in breeding plumage 109. Great Egret >> Adult in non-breeding plumage 110. Great Egret >> Adult in partial breeding plumage 111. Great Egret >> Adult in partial breeding plumage 112. Great Egret >> Adult in prime breeding plumage 113. Great Egret >> Non-breeding adult 114. Great Egret >> Breeding plumaged adult in flight 115. Great Egret >> Adult carrying nesting material 116. Great Egret >> Breeding plumaged adult in flight from below 117. Great Egret >> In flight 118. Great Egret >> In flight 119. Great Egret 120. Great Egret >> Taking off 121. Great Egret >> In flight 122. Great Egret >> Non-breeding adult 123. Great Egret >> Non-breeding adult 124. Great Egret >> Non-breeding 125. Great Egret >> With fish 126. Great Egret >> Comparison 127. Great Egret >> Non-breeding 128. Great Egret 129. Great Egret >> Non-breeding 130. Great Egret >> With fish 131. Great Egret >> Comparison 132. Great Egret >> In flight 133. Great Egret >> Adult in breeding plumage 134. Great Egret >> With fish 135. Great Egret 136. Great Egret 137. Great Egret >> Non-breeding 138. Great Egret >> Breeding plumaged adult in flight from below 139. Great Egret >> Non-breeding 140. Great Egret >> Adult feeding young 141. Great Egret >> Non-breeding 142. Great Egret >> Taking off 143. Great Egret >> Upperwing 144. Great Egret >> Adult in prime breeding plumage 145. Great Egret >> Adult in prime breeding plumage 146. Great Egret >> Breeding plumaged adult in flight 147. Great Egret 148. Great Egret 149. Great Egret >> Breeding adult 150. Great Egret >> Foraging 151. Great Egret >> In flight 152. Great Egret >> In flight 153. Great Egret >> Chick 154. Great Egret 155. Great Egret >> Chick 156. Great Egret >> Non-breeding 157. Great Egret >> Adult in prime breeding condition 158. Great Egret >> In flight from below 159. Great Egret >> Adult in breeding plumage 160. Great Egret >> Adult in breeding plumage 161. Great Egret >> Adult in breeding plumage 162. Great Egret >> Taking off 163. Great Egret >> Comparison 164. Great Egret >> In flight 165. Great Egret >> Non-breeding 166. Great Egret >> Adult in breeding plumage 167. Great Egret >> Adult in partial breeding plumage 168. Great Egret 169. Great Egret >> Comparison 170. Great Egret >> Adult non-breeding 171. Great Egret >> With fish 172. Great Egret >> Fishing 173. Great Egret 174. Great Egret 175. Great Egret >> With prey 176. Great Egret >> Fighting 177. Great Egret >> Adult in breeding plumage 178. Great Egret >> Adult in breeding plumage 179. Great Egret >> With prey 180. Great Egret >> In flight 181. Great Egret >> Non-breeding 182. Great Egret >> Adult in partial breeding plumage 183. Great Egret >> Non-breeding adult in flight 184. Great Egret 185. Great Egret >> Non-breeding adult in flight 186. Great Egret >> Non-breeding 187. Great Egret >> Non-breeding 188. Great Egret >> Fishing 189. Great Egret >> Non-breeding 190. Great Egret >> Fishing 191. Great Egret >> In flight 192. Great Egret >> Breeding plumage 193. Great Egret 194. Great Egret >> Adult in breeding plumage 195. Great Egret >> Adult in breeding plumage 196. Great Egret >> In flight 197. Great Egret 198. Great Egret >> Comparison 199. Great Egret >> Adult with young on nest 200. Great Egret >> Adult in breeding plumage 201. Great Egret >> Preening 202. Great Egret >> Adult assuming breeding plumage 203. Great Egret >> Adult assuming breeding plumage 204. Great Egret >> Non-breeding adult 205. Great Egret >> With fish 206. Great Egret >> Feeding behaviour 207. Great Egret >> Feeding behaviour 208. Great Egret >> Non-breeding adult in flight 209. Great Egret >> Non-breeding 210. Great Egret 211. Great Egret 212. Great Egret >> In flight 213. Great Egret >> Non-breeding 214. Great Egret >> Non-breeding 215. Great Egret >> Comparison 216. Great Egret 217. Great Egret >> Adult in prime breeding plumage 218. Great Egret >> Taking off 219. Great Egret 220. Great Egret >> In flight 221. Great Egret >> Taking off 222. Great Egret >> Adult in non-breeding plumage 223. Great Egret >> Adults in partial breeding plumage 224. Great Egret >> Adults in partial breeding plumage 225. Great Egret >> In flight from below 226. Great Egret >> Adult in breeding plumage 227. Great Egret >> Adult in breeding plumage 228. Great Egret 229. Great Egret >> Landing 230. Great Egret >> In flight from below 231. Great Egret >> Bathing 232. Great Egret >> With fish 233. Great Egret >> Group 234. Great Egret >> Landing 235. Great Egret >> Beginning to assume breeding plumage 236. Great Egret >> Adult in prime breeding plumage 237. Great Egret >> Non-breeding 238. Great Egret >> Non-breeding plumage 239. Great Egret >> Non-breeding adult 240. Great Egret >> Non-breeding adult 241. Great Egret >> Territorial dispute 242. Great Egret >> Adult in breeding plumage 243. Great Egret >> Adult and immature 244. Great Egret >> Adult in breeding plumage 245. Great Egret >> Non-breeding 246. Great Egret >> In flight 247. Great Egret >> Adults with young on nest 248. Great Egret >> Non-breeding adult 249. Great Egret >> Adult beginning to assume breeding plumage 250. Great Egret >> Non-breeding adult 251. Great Egret >> Non-breeding adult 252. Great Egret >> Non-breeding adult in flight 253. Great Egret >> Non-breeding adult in flight 254. Great Egret >> Non-breeding adult in flight 255. Great Egret >> Territorial dispute 256. Great Egret >> Pair with nesting material 257. Great Egret >> Carrying nesting material 258. Great Egret >> Adult in breeding plumage 259. Great Egret >> Breeding adult 260. Great Egret >> Non-breeding 261. Great Egret >> Adult in breeding plumage 262. Great Egret >> With prey 263. Great Egret >> Breeding plumage 264. Great Egret 265. Great Egret >> In flight 266. Great Egret >> Adult in flight from below 267. Great Egret >> Adult 268. Great Egret >> Adult in breeding plumage 269. Great Egret >> Adult non-breeding 270. Great Egret >> Pair courting 271. Great Egret >> Pair courting 272. Great Egret >> Non-breeding 273. Great Egret >> Adult in flight 274. Great Egret >> Adult in flight 275. Great Egret >> Non-breeding 276. Great Egret 277. Great Egret >> Adult non-breeding 278. Great Egret >> Adult non-breeding 279. Great Egret >> Adult non-breeding 280. Great Egret 281. Great Egret >> Adult 282. Great Egret >> Adult non-breeding 283. Great Egret >> Adult non-breeding 284. Great Egret >> Winter (non-breeding) 285. 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