Egret:

The scientific name of Egret, alias Little Egret, Egret, Spirit Irene, Spring Lotus, Bai Niao, Little Egret and Crane, is a medium-sized wading bird belonging to Egret Family.

Appearance characteristics:

Medium-sized wading birds, with a body length of 52 ~ 68 cm. The mouth and feet are long, black, the toes are yellow-green, the neck is long, and the whole body is white. During the breeding period, two slender and soft spear feathers are attached to the pillow. There are also more and more withered feathers on the back and front neck. Let's start with pink eyes

The mouth, neck and feet are very long, and the whole body is white. There are two long, narrow and soft spear feathers on Stephane's pillow, which are tied behind her head like two braids. There are long withered feathers with scattered feathers on her shoulders and back, which extend backward to the tail end. The base of the feather shaft is tough until the feathers at the tail end are slender and scattered. There are also long spear-shaped decorative feathers at the lower part of her front neck, which hang down to her chest. Winter feathers are also milky white, but the crown feathers on the head, the withering feathers or spear feathers on the shoulders, back and front neck have disappeared, leaving only a few spear feathers on the front neck. The iris is yellow, the mouth is black, the eyes are pink in summer and yellow-green in winter, the tibia and tarsometatarsal bones are dark green, the toes are yellow-green, and the claws are black.

Extended data

Living habits:

Egrets are wading birds. They often go to swamps, lakes, wet forests and other wetland environments, and like rice fields, river banks, beaches, mudflats and coastal streams. Eating in groups, often mixed with other species. Sometimes fly over the shallow coastal waters to chase prey. Fly back to their habitat in a "V" formation at night. Gather together and nest with other waterfowl. Prey on small fish, amphibians, reptiles, mammals and crustaceans in shallow water. Build messy nests on trees or shrubs or on the ground.

Demographic status:

The great egret belongs to the species listed in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. It has been included in the Agreement between People's Republic of China (PRC) and Japanese Governments on the Protection of Migratory Birds and Their Habitats. Egret is the most common kind of egret, commonly known as egret, which belongs to the list of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. Yellow-billed egret and rock heron are both national second-class key protected animals. The yellow-billed egret is an internationally endangered species.

Rock heron is one of the highly endangered birds in China 1 1, and it is a rare bird in China, which is in an endangered state. The rock heron has been listed in the Annex List of the Agreement between People's Republic of China (PRC) and Australian Government on the Protection of Migratory Birds and Habitats, and the yellow-billed egret is a new species collected by Robert Swinhoe (UK) in Xiamen on 1860. This species has been listed in the List of Terrestrial Wild Animals under National Key Protection or with Important Economic and Scientific Research Value issued by the State Forestry Administration in August 2000 1.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Egret

Baidu Encyclopedia-Egret (commonly known as four kinds of egrets)