Great Egret at Coombs, ACT
Identification history
| Ardea alba | 23 May 2016 | ChrisDavey | ||
| Ardea alba | 22 May 2016 | JohnBundock |
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3 comments
ArcherCallaway
wrote:
23 May 2016
Not quite convinced this is a Great Egret
Quoting Morcombe:
Great Egret- Gape extends well behind eye
Intermediate Egret- Gape is no further back than rear of eye
If you have any other photos, especially one that shows the other side of the face, that would help greatly
Quoting Morcombe:
Great Egret- Gape extends well behind eye
Intermediate Egret- Gape is no further back than rear of eye
If you have any other photos, especially one that shows the other side of the face, that would help greatly
JohnBundock
wrote:
23 May 2016
I've now posted the only 2 photos I have of it. I was quite a way back but it flew off before I could take more shots. I'm not sure that the eye is definitive. The kink in the neck suggested to me that it was a great.
ArcherCallaway
wrote:
23 May 2016
Usually the gape is clearly one or the other and quite distinctive, kink and some of the other features are slight differences that is often used in conjunction with other features. I will leave this for Chris
Location information
- Coordinates 149.051975-35.324142
- Maps Coombs Ponds
- Places Coombs, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 21 May 2016 12:00 AM Recorded on
- JohnBundock Recorded by
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Collections
Birds Colonial nesters (Herons, Cormorants, etc) Water birds JohnBundock Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Species information
- Ardea alba Scientific name
- Great Egret Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 700.2m Recorded at altitude
- 417 images trained Machine learning
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Ardea modesta
