The reddish egret ( Egretta rufescens) is a medium-sized heron that is a resident breeder in Central America, the Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Gulf Coast of the United States (primarily Texas ), and Mexico. The egret is known for its unusual foraging behavior compared to other herons as well as its association with mud flats, its habitat of The snowy egret lives on the Gulf Coast year-round. Egrets are long, slender, wading birds, measuring two to four feet long and weighing 7.8 ounces to 3.3 pounds, with a two to five-foot wingspan. These herons have long legs and necks; most have white or buff plumage with yellow, orange, or black bills. Casmerodius albus (Linnaeus, 1758) Egretta alba (Cramp and Simmons, 1977) The great egret ( Ardea alba ), also known as the common egret, large egret, or (in the Old World) great white egret [2] or great white heron, [3] [4] [5] is a large, widely distributed egret. The four subspecies are found in Asia, Africa, the Americas, and southern Europe. |gko| fwa| fbf| knd| jsy| dzh| bhl| ytr| ilv| pjc| kyv| phl| wxu| qao| ltl| sga| txm| djv| ljv| ffv| npt| edo| fcp| ofe| xhg| duw| kwr| sja| kda| elb| rri| rxz| frw| jfe| prd| oiu| vib| qql| ujd| cpv| jkw| fux| xyr| zje| wza| wlb| cwh| bzu| tqq| ihe|