intermediate body size; white plumage; yellow bill (Australia; 2006-06-20)


Yellow-billed (or Intermediate) Egret
Egretta intemedia

Native Range: Australian Region, Oriental Region, and Africa.

Notes: this white-plumaged egret is intermediate in size between the Snowy Egret and Great Egret; no sexual dimorphism.


legs dark greyish-reddish (Australia; 2006-06-20)

posing for a portrait (Australia; 2006-06-20)

hunting in the marsh; note the yellow iris (Australia; 2006-06-20)