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Common egret (Egretta alba).
Observe a colony of great white egrets eating, flying, and gathering near water
Common egret (Egretta alba) Cape, or African, buffalo (Syncerus caffer) with cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis) on its back. Cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis) in breeding plumage.
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Observe a colony of great white egrets eating, flying, and gathering near water
Great white egret, Egretta (sometimes Casmerodius) alba
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Common egret (Egretta alba).
© Scott Evers
Common egret (Egretta alba)
R.F. Head—The National Audubon Society Collection/Photo Researchers
Cape, or African, buffalo (Syncerus caffer) with cattle egret (Bubulcus...
Ferrero-Labat/ARDEA LONDON
Cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis) in breeding plumage.
© Sandra Wittman
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