User:Kyley5188/Great egret
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| Great egret | |
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| Adult in Tobago | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Pelecaniformes |
| Family: | Ardeidae |
| Genus: | Ardea |
| Species: | A. alba
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| Binomial name | |
| Ardea alba | |
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| Range of A. alba (excluding A. a. modesta) Breeding range Year-round range Wintering range
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The great egret (Ardea alba), also known as the common egret, large egret, or (in the Old World) great white egret[2] or great white heron is a large, widely distributed egret, with four subspecies found in Asia, Africa, the Americas, and southern Europe. Distributed across most of the tropical and warmer temperate regions of the world, it builds tree nests in colonies close to water.
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- “Characteristics and Energetics of Great Egret and Snowy Egret Foraging Flights.” Waterbirds, 2008, p. 541., https://doi.org/10.1675/1524-4695-31.4.541.
- Collier, Jessica J., et al. “Assessing Habitat for Lake Sturgeon (Acipenser Fulvescens) Reintroduction to the Maumee River, Ohio Using Habitat Suitability Index Models.” Journal of Great Lakes Research, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2021.11.006.
- Custer, Thomas W., and David W. Peterson. “Growth Rates of Great Egret, Snowy Egret and Black-Crowned Night-Heron Chicks.” Colonial Waterbirds, vol. 14, no. 1, 1991, p. 46., https://doi.org/10.2307/1521278.
- Indicators Data Population Trends of Common European ... https://www.bto.org/sites/default/files/u16/images/publications/other_reports/pecbmsleaflet2011.pdf.
- ^ BirdLife International (2019). "Ardea alba". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T22697043A155465940. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T22697043A155465940.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ "Great White Egret Facts | Ardea alba". The RSPB.