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Alternate plumaged adult Little Egret (right in A) with two alternate plumaged Snowy Egrets (E. thula)
at San Fernando, Trinidad, 25 April 2002. Photo © by Brett Hayes. This
photo illustrates the following distinctions between the two species:
(1) larger, thicker bill of Little Egret; (2) bluish lores typical of
Little Egret (but highly variable, sometimes pale yellowish, whitish,
greyish, greenish, reddish, or even chestnut) compared with yellow lores
of adult Snowy Egret (which may be greyish in immatures, reddish when
breeding); (3) flatter forehead of Little Egret compared with steeper
forehead of Snowy Egret; (4) long, lanceolate head plumes of alternate
plumaged Little Egret compared with the shaggy filamentous head plumes
of Snowy Egret; and (5) longer neck and larger body size of Little
Egret. For further information on identification of Little Egret and
Snowy Egret,click here.
For further information on the status of Little Egret in Trinidad and
Tobago, see: Hayes, F. E., and G. L. White. 2001. Status of the Little
Egret (Egretta garzetta) in Trinidad and Tobago.El Pitirre14:54-58. [abstract / resumen]
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