For the short story by Sarah Orne Jewett, see A White Heron.
For the eastern populations of this species, see Eastern great egret.
Not to be confused with the all-white population of the great blue heron.
Great egret
Adult in breeding plumage in Cape May County, New Jersey
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Order:
Pelecaniformes
Family:
Ardeidae
Genus:
Ardea
Species:
A. alba
Binomial name
Ardea alba
Linnaeus, 1758
Range of A. alba (excluding A. a. modesta)
Breeding range
Year-round range
Wintering range
Synonyms
Herodias egretta Boie, 1822
Casmerodius egretta Gloger, 1842
Casmerodius albus Oberholser, 1919
Egretta alba (Cramp and Simmons, 1977)
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,[3][4][5] is a large, widely distributed egret. The four subspecies are found in Asia, Africa, the Americas, and southern Europe. Recently, it has also been 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.
^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.
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