page_title: Egret
section_title: Species in taxonomic order
hierarchical_section_title: Egret / Species in taxonomic order
caption_attribution_description: Egret At Malampuzha Garden.
context_page_description: Egrets are herons which have white or buff plumage, and develop fine plumes during the breeding season. Egrets are not a biologically distinct group from the herons and have the same build.
context_section_description: Great egret or great white egret, Ardea alba
  Intermediate egret, Mesophoyx intermedia
  Cattle egret, Bubulcus ibis
  Little egret Egretta garzetta
  Eastern reef egret or Pacific reef heron, Egretta sacra
  Western reef egret or western reef heron, Egretta gularis
  Snowy egret, Egretta thula
  Reddish egret, Egretta rufescens
  Slaty egret, Egretta vinaceigula
  Black egret, Egretta ardesiaca
  Chinese egret, Egretta eulophotes
caption: Egret at Palakkad, India
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