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