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Great Egret Ardea alba Scientific name definitions

Donald A. McCrimmon Jr., John C. Ogden, G. Thomas Bancroft, Albert Martínez-Vilalta, Anna Motis, Guy M. Kirwan, and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020

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Distribution of the Great Egret - Range Map
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Distribution of the Great Egret

Recommended Citation

McCrimmon Jr., D. A., J. C. Ogden, G. T. Bancroft, A. Martínez-Vilalta, A. Motis, G. M. Kirwan, and P. F. D. Boesman (2020). Great Egret (Ardea alba), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (S. M. Billerman, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.greegr.01
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