This little Egret was found on a river side in Sundarban (The largest Mangrove forest located on Bay of Bengal on the southern part of West Bengal and Bangaldesh.). Our friend captured this from a boat while in a recent trip there.
There are so many different kinds of egrets that we learn now. Earlier we put up here a Cattle egret. Of course most of the time we find cattle egrets are pure white like this little egret. It is difficult to differentiate from far.
Doro pointed out that a little egret has a black bill (and that is quite pointed) where a cattle egret has a yellow bill (a shorter one). Also a little Egret has black legs with bright yellow feet while the Cattle egret has dark legs and dark feet or possible yellow legs and yellow feet in adult but possibly never the two contrasting?
Photo: Arunangshu Sinha, Kolkata
WOW! Looking for fish?
This Pink colored Cattle Egret is captured by our friend at the central park at Salt Lake area in Kolkata.
Cattle Egret is a white heron with a stout yellow bill. In the breeding season they are seen with buff yellow-orange plumes on head, neck and back.
These birds are common in the rural areas near a shallow water body or paddy fields and around the lakes and ponds in the cities. These egrets are large birds. They love to eat fishes, frogs, small mammals and insects living in water.
Photo: Arunabha Adhikari and Subhomon Supantha, Kolkata.
