Great White Egret

Order - Pelecaniformes 鹈形目
Family - Ardeidae 鹭科 (Herons)
Genus - Ardea 鹭属

Great White Egret

Ardea alba

大白鹭

    Size : 80–104 cm; 700–1700 g; Wingspan 140–170 cm

    

    Subspecies and Distribution

• Ardea alba alba (Linnaeus, 1758) – Western Great Egret
  – C Europe E to C Asia (S to Iran), Russian Far East, NE China (Heilongjiang) and C Japan; winters SC Europe to N & C Africa, and Persian Gulf to S China and Korea.
• Ardea alba modesta (J. E. Gray, 1831) – Eastern Great Egret
  – Indian Subcontinent E to SE Asia, SE & E China, S Japan and Korea, S through Sundas, Wallacea and New Guinea region to Australia (except arid interior) and New Zealand.
• Ardea alba melanorhynchos (Wagler, 1827) – African Great Egret
  – Africa S of Sahara, Madagascar.
• Ardea alba egretta (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) – American Great Egret
  – NW USA and SE Canada S through much of North and Central America and Caribbean to S Chile and SC Argentina (Santa Cruz).

Date : 01 January 2015
西贡新公众码头, 西贡区, 新界, 香港
Sai Kung New Public Pier, Sai Kung District, New Territories, Hong Kong

Date : 22 June 2015

米埔自然保护区, 元朗区, 新界, 香港

Mai Po Nature Reserve, Yuen Long District, New Territories, Hong Kong

Date : 22 June 2015

米埔自然保护区, 元朗区, 新界, 香港

Mai Po Nature Reserve, Yuen Long District, New Territories, Hong Kong