Great Egret
In the junction of TOMIO-RIVER and YAMATO-RIVER, Ikaruga-cho Ikoma-gun Nara, May 28, 1997.

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This bird is a white egret like a little egret, but much larger, as large as a gray heron. I feel the neck of the bird too long. I have never seen the bird in and near the MANO-RIVER.

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Note

Science name: Egretta alba

English name: Great Egret

Japanese name: DAISAGI (meaning "great egret")

summer resident

length: 90cm

monomorphic