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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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great egret (Ardea alba), also
known as the
common egret,
large egret,
great white egret, or
great white heron, is a large,
widely distributed egret. The...
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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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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...
- 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...
- 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...
- The
Energetic Gamma Ray
Experiment Telescope (
EGRET) was one of four
instruments out****ed on NASA's
Compton Gamma Ray
Observatory satellite.
Since lower...
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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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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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reddish egret (Egretta rufescens) is a medium-sized
heron that is a
resident breeder in
Central America, the Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Gulf Coast...
