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Poultry. Egret isolated on a white background

An egret walking in the ocean in Mexico.

Little egret in Delta de l'Ebre Nature Park, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain

White bird on calm beach with small waves

White great egret flying in the reeds against blue sky, delta of the Volga River, near Caspian sea, Astrakhan, Russia.

little egret in the swamp in the company of waders

A bird hunts quietly on the banks of the Loire

A beautiful white egret fishing for clams in calm waters

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

A white egret on the rocks of a river waits for its prey.

Stork bird sitting in a dead tree with clear blue sky background, outback Australia

A Snowy egret in the middle of Guatemala.

White wild bird walking on water on a blue lagoon while fishing in Delta de l'Ebre, Catalonia

The 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.

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

The small white heron or Little egret stands in the lake. Small White Heron, lat. Egretta garzetta, looking at fish in shallow water

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

Pelicans feeding on the beach in front of Ban Naklua Bay, Chonburi province, Thailand

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

The little egret Egretta garzetta in the water of Black Sea

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

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