Little Egret
Egretta garzetta
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Birds
The little egret is a species of small heron in the family Ardeidae. It is a white bird with a slender black beak, long black legs and, in the western race, yellow feet. As an aquatic bird, it feeds in shallow water and on land, consuming a variety of small creatures. It breeds colonially, often with other species of water birds, making a platform nest of sticks in a tree, bush or reed bed. A clutch of three to five bluish-green eggs is laid and incubated by both parents for about three weeks. The young fledge at about six weeks of age.
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- Family
- Ardeidae
- Genus
- Egretta