What type of bird is an 'Egret'?
Little egret Little egret The little egret ("Egretta garzetta") is a species of small heron in the family Ardeidae. The genus name comes from the Provençal French "Aigrette", "egret", a diminutive of "Aigron"," heron". The species epithet "garzetta" is from the Italian name for this bird, "garzetta" or "sgarzetta". 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
What Bird is That? Edition What Bird is That?" was published by Australia's Heritage Publishing in 2011, the latest release of Cayley’s “big bird book” complete with Lindsey’s revisions. It is 832 pages, features 769 birds and includes all 460 of Cayley’s full-colour paintings, many showing groups of related birds. New to this edition was an accompanying e-book "What Bird Call is That?", which identifies and illustrates 101 birds from "What Bird is That?", as well as providing sound files of each featured bird’s distinctive call. The sound files were provided by David Stewart. "What Bird is That?" plays a central role in Australian