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Comparison: Great Egret and Snowy Egret
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Comparison: Great Egret and Snowy Egret

by Sally Mitchell

Category: AvianAdded January 29, 2010500 views

Long-legged Waders

Keywords: snowy egret, great egret, egret

Snowy egret is the smaller egret on the left, with black beak and yellow feet. The Great Egret is considerable larger, with yellow-orange beak and black feet. Both birds show some breeding plumage, although the great egret hasn't yet developed the greenish 'mask' of full breeding plumage.
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