The Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) is a small white heron. Adults are 55–65cm long with an 88–106cm wingspan, and weigh 350–550grams.
Its breeding distribution is in wetlands in warm temperate to tropical parts of Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia. They may wander north in late summer after the breeding season.
The Little Egret nests in colonies, often with other wading birds, usually on platforms of sticks in trees or shrubs or in a reedbed or bamboo grove.
Little Egrets are mostly silent but make various croaking and bubbling calls at their breeding colonies and produce a harsh alarm call when disturbed.
In Australia, the conservation status of Egretta garzetta varies from state to state. On the 2007 advisory list of threatened vertebrate fauna in Victoria, the Little Egret is listed as endangered.
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