Tuesday 16 April 2019

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 : 13 April 2019
象山森林公园, 南昌市, 江西省, 中国
Xiangshan Forest Park, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China

Date : 13 April 2019
象山森林公园, 南昌市, 江西省, 中国

Xiangshan Forest Park, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China

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