Talk:Great Egret
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This page claimed that the birds legs are largely yellow. But all authorities I can find claim that it has black legs, and all the Great Egrets I have seen (unless I have misidentified them - unlikely in California) have had black legs. Does anyone more knowledgeable have a comment? seglea 05:58, 22 Dec 2003 (UTC)
- The tibia becomes reddish during courtship, otherwise always black as far as I know, certainly in NAm and Eurasia. jimfbleak
Some webpages, e.g. [1] (http://www.nzbirds.com/Kotuku.html), [2] (http://www.wellingtonzoo.com/animals/animals/natives/kotuku.html), state that Kotuku = White Heron = "Egretta alba", not "Ardea alba". Can anyone confirm that those are the same as Great Egret = "Egretta alba"? Jorge Stolfi 04:51, 25 Mar 2004 (UTC) Ok, question was answered. Jorge Stolfi
