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Great Egret
Grootwitreier · Ardea alba
An elegant, all-white heron with a long, slender neck that it often holds in a graceful S-shape. The Great Egret stalks slowly through shallow water, spearing fish and frogs with its sharp bill. In the breeding season it grows beautiful wispy plumes and its bill turns from yellow to black, making it look extra special.
Log your Great Egret sighting — free →How to identify it
Look for the large all-white body with a yellow bill and a neck kinked like the letter S.
Where to see it in Kruger
Common along rivers, dams and pans throughout Kruger, including the Sabie and Olifants Rivers.
Did you know
When breeding, it grows long lacy feathers on its back that it fans out to show off to a mate!
Often confused with
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