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Egretta

Index Egretta

Egretta is a genus of medium-sized herons, mostly breeding in warmer climates. [1]

29 relations: Amphibian, Ardea (genus), Bird colony, Black heron, Chinese egret, Dimorphic egret, Egret, Fish, Florida, Fossil, Great egret, Habitat, Heron, Insect, Late Miocene, Little blue heron, Little egret, Miocene, Old World, Pacific reef heron, Pliocene, Provençal dialect, Reddish egret, Slaty egret, Snowy egret, Thomas Ignatius Maria Forster, Tricolored heron, Western reef heron, White-faced heron.

Amphibian

Amphibians are ectothermic, tetrapod vertebrates of the class Amphibia.

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Ardea (genus)

Ardea is a genus of herons.

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Bird colony

A bird colony is a large congregation of individuals of one or more species of bird that nest or roost in proximity at a particular location.

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Black heron

The black heron (Egretta ardesiaca) also known as the black egret, is an African heron.

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Chinese egret

The Chinese egret or Swinhoe's egret (Egretta eulophotes) is a threatened species of egret from east Asia.

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Dimorphic egret

The dimorphic egret (Egretta dimorpha) is a species of heron in the family Ardeidae.

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Egret

An egret is any of several herons, most of which are white or buff, and several of which develop fine plumes (usually milky white) during the breeding season.

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Fish

Fish are gill-bearing aquatic craniate animals that lack limbs with digits.

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Florida

Florida (Spanish for "land of flowers") is the southernmost contiguous state in the United States.

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Fossil

A fossil (from Classical Latin fossilis; literally, "obtained by digging") is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age.

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Great egret

The great egret (Ardea alba), also known as the common egret, large egret or (in the Old World) great white egret or great white heron is a large, widely distributed egret, with four subspecies found in Asia, Africa, the Americas, and southern Europe.

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Habitat

In ecology, a habitat is the type of natural environment in which a particular species of organism lives.

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Heron

The herons are the long-legged freshwater and coastal birds in the family Ardeidae, with 64 recognised species, some of which are referred to as egrets or bitterns rather than herons.

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Insect

Insects or Insecta (from Latin insectum) are hexapod invertebrates and the largest group within the arthropod phylum.

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Late Miocene

The Late Miocene (also known as Upper Miocene) is a sub-epoch of the Miocene Epoch made up of two stages.

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Little blue heron

The little blue heron (Egretta caerulea) is a small heron.

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Little egret

The little egret (Egretta garzetta) is a species of small heron in the family Ardeidae.

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Miocene

The Miocene is the first geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma).

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Old World

The term "Old World" is used in the West to refer to Africa, Asia and Europe (Afro-Eurasia or the World Island), regarded collectively as the part of the world known to its population before contact with the Americas and Oceania (the "New World").

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Pacific reef heron

The Pacific reef heron (Egretta sacra), also known as the eastern reef heron or eastern reef egret, is a kind of heron.

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Pliocene

The Pliocene (also Pleiocene) Epoch is the epoch in the geologic timescale that extends from 5.333 million to 2.58 million years BP.

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Provençal dialect

Provençal (Provençau or Prouvençau) is a variety of Occitan spoken by a minority of people in southern France, mostly in Provence.

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Reddish egret

The reddish egret (Egretta rufescens) is a medium-sized heron.

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Slaty egret

The slaty egret (Egretta vinaceigula) is a small, dark egret.

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Snowy egret

The snowy egret (Egretta thula) is a small white heron.

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Thomas Ignatius Maria Forster

Thomas Ignatius Maria Forster (9 November 1789 – 2 February 1860) was an English astronomer and naturalist.

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Tricolored heron

The tricolored heron (Egretta tricolor), formerly known in North America as the Louisiana heron, is a small heron.

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Western reef heron

The western reef heron (Egretta gularis) also called the western reef egret, is a medium-sized heron found in southern Europe, Africa and parts of Asia.

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White-faced heron

The white-faced heron (Egretta novaehollandiae) also known as the white-fronted heron, and incorrectly as the grey heron, or blue crane, is a common bird throughout most of Australasia, including New Guinea, the islands of Torres Strait, Indonesia, New Zealand, and all but the driest areas of Australia.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egretta

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