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Friday, 7 October 2016

6-10-2016 CATAROJA, VALENCIA - LITTLE EGRET (Egretta garzetta)



Population size
660,000-3.1Mln
Life Span
up to 22 years
Weight
350-550
goz
g oz 
Length
55-65
cminch
cm inch 
Wingspan
88-106
cminch

The Little egret (Egretta garzetta) is small elegant heron in the family Ardeidae. As an aquatic bird, it feeds in shallow water and on land, consuming a variety of small creatures. At one time common in Western Europe, the Little heron was hunted extensively in the 19th century to provide plumes for the decoration of hats and became locally extinct in Northwestern Europe and scarce in the south. Around 1950, conservation laws were introduced in southern Europe to protect the species and their numbers began to increase.

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