Birds of the Australia
Common Name: Little Egret
Scientific Name: Egretta garzetta
Little Egret with breeding plumage, the facial skin briefly goes pink during courtship.
Swansea, Dec 2005.
Little Egret, note the black bill Long Jetty, NSW
Little Egret in Flight Long Jetty Jan 2013
Little Heron hunting Swansea, NSW, Aug 2013
Little Heron hunting Swansea, NSW, Aug 2013
This image shows the difference between a great egret (foreground) and the Little Egret in the background. Eraring, NSW, Aug 2013
Little Egret at Davistown, NSW Sep 2013.
Little Egret in flight at Tuggerah Lake, The Entrance, NSW Feb 2014
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