Great Egret at Gungahlin, ACT
Identification history
| Ardea alba | 3 Jul 2022 | Liam.m | ||
| Ardea plumifera | 3 Jul 2022 | TrishGungahlin |
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User's notes
According to my guide to Birds of the ACT, this is an egretta intermedia. But on your list, it's ardea intermedia. Is the bird in my photos an egret, or something else?
1 comment
Liam.m
wrote:
3 Jul 2022
This is a Great Egret, intermediate egrets are smaller and rare visitors to the region
Location information
- Coordinates 149.133403-35.176154
- Maps Yerrabi Pond
- Places Gungahlin, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 3 Jul 2022 02:19 PM Recorded on
- TrishGungahlin Recorded by
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Collections
Birds Water birds Colonial nesters (Herons, Cormorants, etc) TrishGungahlin 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
- 414 images trained Machine learning
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Ardea modesta
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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