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Great White Egret hunting in the shallow rapids for food

Little egret stands on floodplain leaning forward

The little egret is a species of small heron

little egret (Egretta garzetta), a species of small heron in the family Ardeidae, observed at Sasoon docks in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

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$Western Cattle Egret.\nThe western cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis) is a species of heron (family Ardeidae) found in the tropics, subtropics and warm temperate zones. Most taxonomic authorities lump this species and the eastern cattle egret together (called the cattle egret), but some (including the International Ornithologists' Union) separate them. Despite the similarities in plumage to the egrets of the genus Egretta, it is more closely related to the herons of Ardea. Originally native to parts of Asia, Africa and Europe, it has undergone a rapid expansion in its distribution and successfully colonised much of the rest of the world in the last century.\n\nIt is a white bird adorned with buff plumes in the breeding season. It nests in colonies, usually near bodies of water and often with other wading birds. The nest is a platform of sticks in trees or shrubs. Western cattle egrets exploit drier and open habitats more than other heron species. Their feeding habitats include seasonally inundated grasslands, pastures, farmlands, wetlands and rice paddies. They often accompany cattle or other large mammals, catching insect and small vertebrate prey disturbed by these animals. Some populations of the cattle egret are migratory and others show post-breeding dispersal.\n\nThe adult cattle egret has few predators, but birds or mammals may raid its nests, and chicks may be lost to starvation, calcium deficiency or disturbance from other large birds. This species maintains a special relationship with cattle, which extends to other large grazing mammals; wider human farming is believed to be a major cause of their suddenly expanded range. The cattle egret removes ticks and flies from cattle and consumes them. This benefits both species, but it has been implicated in the spread of tick-borne animal diseases.$

Little egret stands in water opening beak

Little Egret at the mouth of a river in the town of Vila Joiosa, Spain.

Pair of little egrets egretta garzetta wild bird stood in shallow river water with rural background landscape

A Little Egret resting near lakes in Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India

White little egret walking through wetland.

Little egret stands in river leaning forward

little Egret (Egretta garzetta) in aiguamolls de l'emporda wetlands

A graceful white egret stands in shallow waters, its reflection mirrored in the water amongst the muddy banks

Little Egret - The little egret (Egretta garzetta) is a species of small heron in the family Ardeidae. It is a white bird with a slender black beak, long black legs and, in the western race, yellow feet. As an aquatic bird, it feeds in shallow water and on land, consuming a variety of small creatures

The little egret is a small white heron with attractive white plumes on crest, back and chest, black legs and bill and yellow feet

Little Egret perching on a branch by a small lake in the Villa Borghese Gardens

taken at kevladev national park, bhartpur, rajasthan, india

A portrait of little white egret standing in a shallow lake, the snowy egret is a small white heron (Egretta thula, Egretta garzett), a white bird with a slender black beak and long black legs

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