Six of Seven GPS-Tracked Great Egrets Returned to the Same Wintering Grounds
Six of seven great egrets tracked across at least two complete winters returned to the same wintering grounds;…
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Bile-Duct Trematodes Found in the Lungs and Body Cavity of a Great Egret
A case report from South Korea found the bile-duct trematode Pegosomum bubulcum on the liver surface, in the…
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Drone Surveys Produced Similar Nest Survival Estimates to Ground Surveys for Florida Waterbirds
At four Lake Okeechobee colonies in Florida, drone imagery tracked 510 waterbird nests and produced nest survival estimates…
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Great Egret Was Photographed Catching and Eating a Bananaquit in the Dominican Republic
A 2026 research note presents the first documented case of a great egret successfully catching and eating a…
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Great Egret and Grey Heron Dominated Many Inland Heron Colonies in South Korea
Across 176 South Korean breeding colonies, two colony groups had more than 90% of nests from large-bodied herons…
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Haplorchis pumilio Was Found in Hamerkops and Great Cormorants in the Lake Victoria Basin
A 2026 Tanzanian study of intestinal trematodes in four fish-eating bird species detected Haplorchis pumilio in hamerkops and…
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Great Egret Was Photographed on Remote Trindade Island 1,140 km from Brazil’s Mainland Coast
A preprint posted in June 2026 documents the first photographic evidence of a great egret on Trindade Island,…
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Great Egret Hearts Revealed Elastic Cartilage in the Pulmonary-Valve Support
Microscopy of eight great-egret hearts found elastic cartilage in the pulmonary-valve commissures of six birds, while the other…
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Pulau Rambut Study Estimated 135 Great Egrets and Mapped Their Mangrove Nesting Sites
A study published 11 March 2026 estimated about 135 great egrets on Pulau Rambut and found their nests…
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Snowy Egrets Made Up 73% of Herons Counted on Venezuela’s Santa Rita Coast
Monthly surveys on Venezuela’s Lake Maracaibo coast counted 1,793 snowy egrets—73% of all herons recorded—with the species using…
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AOS Proposal Recommends Recognizing New World Great Egrets as Ardea egretta
AOS proposal 2026-A-8 strongly recommends treating the New World form egretta as Ardea egretta. Two of three authors…
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