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little egret in the swamp in the company of waders

The painted stork is a large wader in the stork family. It is found in the wetlands of the plains of tropical Asia south of the Himalayas in the Indian Subcontinent and extending into Southeast Asia.

The great egret (Ardea alba) on the hunt. This bird also known as the common egret, large egret, or great white egret or great white heron.

A white heron is standing on the shoreline waiting for fishes in the gulf of Aqaba in Saudi Arabia

White and gray heron in pond hunting fishes

great white egret hunting through marsh at sunset

Little egret, Egretta garzetta, standing beside in lake in Lumpini Park which is a large public park in the center of the Thai capital

Great egret with wide open beak, great egret in pond, white bird with yellow beak hunting, white feathers, large white bird with yellow eyes

An egret eating a fish while standing in the water.

A great egret stalks its prey in the marshes of Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge in Maryland.

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

Intermediate egret or median egret in a paddy field, green background

Great Egret stand in the rain forest, Thailand

Egrets are hunting small insects in rice paddies.

Little egret (Egretta garzetta) walks on Po River estuary at sunset.

A Great Egret standing in a pond, sunny day in autumn in Lower Austria

The great egret (Ardea alba), also known as the common egret, large egret, or great white egret or great white heron is a large, widely distributed egret. Found in Amboseli National Park, Kenya. Pelecaniformes.

White egret in India. State of Goa. The bird hunts in the bushes. There is a lot of garbage, plastic, bottles in the background. Environmental problem

$Great Egret.\nThe great egret (Ardea alba), also known as the common egret, large egret, or (in the Old World) great white egret or great white heron, is a large, widely distributed egret. The four subspecies are found in Asia, Africa, the Americas, and southern Europe. Recently it is also spreading to more northern areas of Europe. Distributed across most of the tropical and warmer temperate regions of the world, it builds tree nests in colonies close to water.$

In Shandong Province, China, many egrets forage for food in shallow wetlands for entertainment.

Goa, India. White Little Egret Catching Fish In River Pond.

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