Great White Egret

Order - Pelecaniformes
Family - Ardeidae (Herons)

Great White Egret

Ardea alba

大白鹭 (dà bái-lù)

    Malay : Bangau Besar

    Japanese : ダイサギ (dai-sagi)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : 大鷺

    Size : 80–104 cm; 700–1700 g; Wingspan 140–170 cm

    

    Subspecies and Distribution

• Ardea alba alba (Linnaeus, 1758) – Western Great Egret
  – C Europe E to C Asia (S to Iran), Russian Far East, NE China (Heilongjiang) and C Japan; winters SC Europe to N & C Africa, and Persian Gulf to S China and Korea.
• Ardea alba modesta (J. E. Gray, 1831) – Eastern Great Egret
  – Indian Subcontinent E to SE Asia, SE & E China, S Japan and Korea, S through Sundas, Wallacea and New Guinea region to Australia (except arid interior) and New Zealand.
• Ardea alba melanorhynchos (Wagler, 1827) – African Great Egret
  – Africa S of Sahara, Madagascar.
• Ardea alba egretta (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) – American Great Egret
  – NW USA and SE Canada S through much of North and Central America and Caribbean to S Chile and SC Argentina (Santa Cruz).

Ardea alba ssp. modesta

Date : 19 December 2020

Location : Malim Nawar Wetland, Daerah Kampar, Perak

Ardea alba ssp. modesta

Date : 01 December 2019

Location : Sungai Balang Paddyfield, Daerah Sungai Balang, Daerah Muar, Johor

Ardea alba ssp. modesta

Date : 10 November 2018

Location : Malim Nawar Wetland, Daerah Kampar, Perak

Ardea alba ssp. modesta
Date : 06 November 2018
Location : Malim Nawar Wetland, Daerah Kampar, Perak

Ardea alba ssp. modesta
Date : 04 May 2016
Location : Malim Nawar Wetland, Daerah Kampar, Perak