Prakruti Parichay
ArdeidaeMesophoyx

Intermediate Egret

Mesophoyx intermedia

65–72 cmVery Large
Beak
—
Feet
—
Crest
No crest

Widespread resident; unrecorded in parts of NW and NE subcontinent. Smaller than Great, with shorter bill and neck. Black gape-line does not extend beyond eye. Bill is black and lores yellow-green during courtship, and has pronounced plumes on breast and mantle. Has black-tipped yellow bill and yellow lores outside breeding season. Usually in small flocks which separate when foraging. Hunts chiefly by slow stalking. Roosts communally. Marshes. flooded grassland, well - vegetated pools; also shores of lakes and reservoirs, mangrove swamps and tidal creeks.

Colour

BlackYellowGreen
Average size
68.5 cm
Habitat
Marshes. flooded grassland, well - vegetated pools, also shores of lakes and reservoirs, mangrove swamps and tidal creeks.
Behaviour
Widespread resident, unrecorded in parts of NW and NE subcontinent., Usually in small flocks which separate when foraging. Hunts chiefly by slow stalking. Roosts communally.

About this bird

Widespread resident; unrecorded in parts of NW and NE subcontinent. Smaller than Great, with shorter bill and neck. Black gape-line does not extend beyond eye. Bill is black and lores yellow-green during courtship, and has pronounced plumes on breast and mantle. Has black-tipped yellow bill and yellow lores outside breeding season. Usually in small flocks which separate when foraging. Hunts chiefly by slow stalking. Roosts communally. Marshes. flooded grassland, well - vegetated pools; also shores of lakes and reservoirs, mangrove swamps and tidal creeks.

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Intermediate Egret is bigger than Asian Openbill but smaller than Brown Booby.

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Intermediate Egret

Mesophoyx intermedia

65–72 cm