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Sighting 3343441

Ardea alba

Great Egret at Coombs, ACT

Ardea alba at Coombs, ACT - 21 May 2016 12:00 AM
Ardea alba at Coombs, ACT - 21 May 2016 12:00 AM
Ardea alba at Coombs, ACT - 21 May 2016 12:00 AM
Ardea alba at Coombs, ACT - 21 May 2016 12:00 AM
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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
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

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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
  • 478 images trained Machine learning
  • External link More information

  • Synonyms

    Ardea modesta
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