Ardea alba

Great Egret at Kambah, ACT

Ardea alba at Kambah, ACT - 20 Aug 2021 05:22 PM
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Identification history

Ardea alba 6 Sep 2021 natureguy
Ardea plumifera 6 Sep 2021 DrDJDavidJ
Ardea plumifera 6 Sep 2021 DrDJDavidJ

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Walked into small private courtyard.

2 comments

natureguy wrote:
   6 Sep 2021
Very unusual location.
DrDJDavidJ wrote:
   6 Sep 2021
Thanks for correcting ID, we weren't sure.

Yeh, we were very surprised to see it there, dunno what's in the garden to attract it.

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  • Ardea alba Scientific name
  • Great Egret Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 700.2m Recorded at altitude
  • 414 images trained Machine learning
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  • Synonyms

    Ardea modesta

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