I can see nothing odd in the jizz (but jizz is always a subjective value anyway), bill shape looks typical to me, as does bill colour. Both have the distinctive pink bill and show the unique dancing, prancing, behavior in shallow w The white morph is similar in general appearance to the little egret, but has a larger yellower bill, extended yellow on thicker legs, and when foraging tends to be very active, sometimes also moving its wing or using it to shade the water surface. No other egreto-heronish species has this. Reply Delete. He returned to the site today and by comparison with a typical Little Egret confirmed that identity and obtained more photos. The Dimorphic Egret occurs in dark and white morphs, with the white morph very similar to the Little Egret. In flight, it showed white outer webs to primaries, and some white scapulars. The Clements list and the IUCN treat it as a subspecies of the Little Egret (Egretta garzetta), but this position is not universally followed and different ornithologists have come to a variety of conclusions. The dimorphic egret (Egretta dimorpha) is a species of heron in the family Ardeidae.It is found in Comoros, Kenya, Madagascar, Mayotte, Seychelles, and Tanzania.. We studied breeding productivity as part of a research on egrets as monitors of envi-ronmental contamination. The dimorphic egret is sometimes considered as a subspecies of the western reef egret (Egretta gularis) or as a subspecies of the little egret (Egretta garzetta).. The bird resembled a cross between a White-faced Heron and a Little Egret as it had mainly white underparts but with grey on the head, neck and upperparts. He returned to the site today and by comparison with a typical Little Egret confirmed that identity and obtained more photos.
We doubt whether there is such a thing as a dark morph Little Egret and believe these birds are garzetta x gularis hybrids. Watch Queue Queue. To compound matters, the Little Egret is known to occur in a dark morph too – but this is very rare. The western reef heron (Egretta gularis) also called the western reef egret, is a medium-sized heron found in southern Europe, Africa and parts of Asia. You can tell them apart from little blue herons by their obviously pinkish-red head and neck. He returned to the > site today and by comparison with a typical Little Egret confirmed that > identity and obtained more photos. The pink and black bi-colored bill is an indicator that this egret is in breeding plumage. Dimorphic Egret is currently treated as a full species using IOC taxonomy.

Its legs were properly dark, lacking the yellow stuff Western Reef Egret often has on the rear tarsus. I don't know how other authorities treat it. Over the years I’ve heard of several similar individuals. The white morph of the Reddish Egret is similar in every way to the dark (red) morph, except for color. Replies. The bird > resembled a cross between a White-faced Heron and a Little Egret as it had > mainly white underparts but with grey on the head, neck and upperparts. But I’ve seen reddish egrets including the white morph successfully snacking at the pond; and a tricolored heron. Distinct dark morph is slate-gray with a white throat, while the palest morph is white with a yellow bill and lores. The slightly blotchy head pattern looks quite typical to those 'dark morph Little Egrets' I found on the web. Furthermore, it would be a very odd pattern of staining – dark on the neck, breast, and primary coverts, but white on the face and most of the wings. A couple of years ago we had a great scoop in late March – a male reddish egret fishing in his wonderful breeding colours. I suggested to him that it was a dark morph Little Egret. Tell it apart by the two-toned bill that’s pink near the face and dark at the end. Pale gray intermediate morphs can also be found. Dark morph Reddish Egret in breeding plumage – Nikon D200, handheld, f6.3, 1/1000, ISO 200, Nikkor 70 … The bird resembled a cross between a White-faced Heron and a Little Egret as it had mainly white underparts but with grey on the head, neck and upperparts. When breeding, the bird acquires distinctive head, chest and back plumes and red lores.

Juvenile Snowy Egret and juvenile Little Blue Heron are very similar. However, they also occur regularly in a white morph. I > suggested to him that it was a dark morph Little Egret. Dimorphic vs. Little Egret (Zanzibar) Bird Identification Q&A. It first appeared in the UK in significant numbers in 1989 and first bred in Dorset in 1996. for Little Egrets, while the possibility of a rare dark morph of the Little Egret further complicates the matter. When in their white morph, they superficially resemble Little Egrets. Finally, the way to tell that you are looking at a reddish egret, whichever version, rather than one of the other available egret / heron candidates is to look at the bill – pinkish, with a black tip. Gangly heron with significant variation in plumage. Its colonization followed naturally from a range expansion into western and northern France in previous decades.