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Great Egret
| Color: |
White |
| Size: |
39" |
| Season: |
Summer |
| Description: |
The largest of Arkansas' white egrets and herons. Also note the all-black legs and thin all-yellow bill. |
| Voice: |
Throaty croaks.
Click here to listen |
| Habitat: |
A wide variety of wetland habitats from cattail marsh to riverine forest to flooded agricultural fields and ditches. |
| Interesting Fact: |
The Great Egret is the symbol of the National Audubon Society, one of the oldest conservation organizations in the country, because the decimation of populations of this species and other wading birds during the early twentieth century by market hunting helped spark the formation of conservation and environmental organizations, as well as of laws protecting these birds. |
| Scientific name: |
Ardea alba |
| Order: |
Ciconiiformes |
| Family: |
Ardeidae |
Adult Howard Eskin |
Adult in flight, note neck pulled back in S position Robert Herron |
Adult in breeding display Robert Herron |
Adult and nestlings Bill Branham |
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