dimorphic egret (Egretta dimorpha) Dimorphic Egret (Egretta dimorpha) at Parc Tsarasaotra, an open bird sanctury in Antananrivo, Madagascar. Sometimes considered Egretta garzetta dimorpha - a subspecies of the Little Egret.
Date 27 October 2013
Author DickDaniels (http://carolinabirds.org/)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dimorphic_Egret_RWD9.jpg
The dimorphic egret (Egretta dimorpha) is a species of heron in the family Ardeidae. It is found in Comoros, Kenya, Madagascar, Mayotte, Seychelles, and Tanzania. In 2009, the IUCN lumped Egretta dimorpha with the little egret Egretta garzetta. The dimorphic egret can sometime be found on rooftops, finding insects in the gutters of houses.
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Ardeidae
Genus: Egretta
Species: Egretta dimorpha Hartert, 1914
