Egrets (/ˈiːɡrəts/ EE-grəts) are herons, generally long-legged wading birds, that have white or buff plumage, developing fine plumes (usually milky white)...
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The great egret (Ardea alba), also known as the common egret, large egret, or (in the Old World) great white egret or great white heron, is a large, widely...
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The little egret (Egretta garzetta) is a species of small heron in the family Ardeidae. It is a white bird with a slender black beak, long black legs...
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The reddish egret (Egretta rufescens) is a medium-sized heron that is a resident breeder in Central America, the Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Gulf Coast...
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The snowy egret (Egretta thula) is a small white heron. The genus name comes from Provençal French for the little egret, aigrette, which is a diminutive...
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cattle egret and the eastern cattle egret, although some authorities regard them as a single species. Despite the similarities in plumage to the egrets of...
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The medium egret (Ardea intermedia), median egret, smaller egret or intermediate egret, is a medium-sized heron. Some taxonomists put the species in the...
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intermediate egret (Ardea intermedia sensu lato) alongside the Asian intermediate egret (A. (i.) intermedia) and the African yellow-billed egret (A. (i.)...
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dimorphic egret is sometimes considered as a subspecies of the western reef egret (Egretta gularis) or as a subspecies of the little egret (Egretta garzetta)...
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Pecteilis radiata (redirect from White egret flower)
found in China, Japan, Korea and Russia. It is commonly known as the white egret flower, fringed orchid or sagisō (鷺草). Pecteilis radiata grows with small...
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borne the name Egret, after the bird, the Egret: HMT Egret (1918) was a trawler hired between 1918 and 1919. HMS Egret (L75) was an Egret-class sloop launched...
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The Chinese egret or Swinhoe's egret (Egretta eulophotes) is a threatened species of egret from east Asia, first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1860. The...
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The Xiamen Egret Stadium also known as the Xiamen Bailu Stadium (simplified Chinese: 厦门白鹭体育场; traditional Chinese: 廈門白鷺體育場; pinyin: Xiàmén Báilù Tǐyùchǎng)...
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Energetic Gamma Ray Experiment Telescope (redirect from EGRET (telescope))
The Energetic Gamma Ray Experiment Telescope (EGRET) was one of four instruments outfitted on NASA's Compton Gamma Ray Observatory satellite. Since lower...
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Western reef heron (redirect from Western Reef Egret)
The western reef heron (Egretta gularis), also called the western reef egret, is a medium-sized heron found in southern Europe, Africa and parts of Asia...
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lumped this species and the eastern cattle egret together (called the cattle egret), but the two cattle egrets are now treated as separate species. Despite...
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eastern great egret (Ardea alba modesta) is a species of heron from the genus Ardea, usually considered a subspecies of the great egret (A. alba). In...
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the yellow-billed egret was regarded as a subspecies of the intermediate egret (A. (i.) intermedia) of Asia, as was the plumed egret (A. (i.) plumifera)...
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"NED and SIMBAD Conventions for Bibliographic Reference Coding". In Daniel Egret & Miguel A. Albrecht (eds.). Information & On-Line Data in Astronomy. Kluwer...
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lumped this species and the western cattle egret together (called the cattle egret), but the two cattle egrets are now treated as separate species. Despite...
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Pacific reef heron (redirect from Pacific Reef Egret)
heron (Egretta sacra), also known as the eastern reef heron or eastern reef egret, is a species of heron found throughout southern Asia and Oceania. It occurs...
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The slaty egret (Egretta vinaceigula) is a small, dark egret found in southern Africa. It is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation...
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Black heron (redirect from Black Egret)
The black heron (Egretta ardesiaca), also known as the black egret, is an African heron. It uses its wings to form a canopy when fishing. The black heron...
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USS Egret is a name used more than once by the U.S. Navy: USS Egret (AMc-24), a coastal minesweeper was placed in service 10 June 1941 USS Egret (YMS-136)...
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Eleanor and the Egret is an American 2017 comic book limited series, written by John Layman with art by Sam Kieth and colors by Ronda Pattison. It was...
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aigrette (pronounced [ɛɡrɛt]; from the French for egret, or lesser white heron) refers to the tufted crest or head-plumes of the egret, used for adorning...
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Pacific Egret is an INF Class 3 nuclear waste carrier launched in January 2010. Pacific Egret was built by Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding, Tamano...
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Ardeidae, with 74 recognised species, some of which are referred to as egrets or bitterns rather than herons. Members of the genus Botaurus are referred...
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HMS Egret was a sloop of the British Royal Navy, the lead ship of her class. She was built by J. Samuel White at Cowes, Isle of Wight, was launched on...
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Blind man's bluff (poker) (redirect from Egret (card game))
Blind man's bluff (also called Indian poker, squaw poker, Oklahoma forehead, Good For You and Indian head) is a version of poker that is unconventional...
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