Great Egret
Name in Spanish: Garza Real
Scientific name: Ardea alba
Taxonomic Family: Ardeidae
Scientific name: Ardea alba
Taxonomic Family: Ardeidae
Description
Conservation status
Not evaluated
Status in Puerto Rico
Nester
Abundance
Common
Photos by the members of AvesPR
© Yamilet Soto-colom
Luis Negrón, Parque Lineal Enrique Martí Coll
© Alfredo Colón Archilla
© Jose A . Rosado
Vuelo en Lago la Plata
© Carmen Maldonado Soto
CMaldonado Soto
© Javier Hernandez Ramos (Licence: CreativeCommons Attribution 3.0)
© Jose Santiago (Licence: CreativeCommons Attribution 3.0)
Jardin Botanico de Rio Piedras
© Yamilet Soto-colom
Luis Negrón, Parque Lineal Enrique Martí Coll
© Jose D. Alicea Ortiz
Tomada en el lago de Cidra
© Alfredo Colón Archilla
© Javier Carmona (Licence: CreativeCommons Attribution 3.0)
CAPTADA EN EL CANAL DE SAN JOSE EN CAROLINA
10 photos out of 14 in the system (selected at random)
Habitat
Swamps, marshes, river banks, and shallow turtlegrass beds.
Food
Peces, ranas, insectos, crustáceos y aves pequeñas.
External resources for this species:
Pictures from Encyclopedia of Life:
Credit of the picture: J.M.Garg 
Credit of the picture: J.M.Garg
Location: Webster, California, United States
Credit of the picture: Robert 
Location: Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge, Sanibel Island (Florida, US)
Credit of the picture: Gerald and Buff Corsi 
Credit of the picture: Tanya Dewey, Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
Credit of the picture: Biodiversity Heritage Library 
Credit of the picture: Wikimedia Commons 
Credit of the picture: inaturalist
Location: Ding Darling National Wildlife Reserve (Florida, US)
Credit of the picture: Gerald and Buff Corsi
