little egret (Egretta garzetta), glossy ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) Egretta garzetta (3; left) and Plegadis falcinellus (right), Syracuse, Sicily, Italy
Date 11 April 2011, 17:05
Source ibis e company
Author Gabriele Iuvara http://www.flickr.com/people/39143890@N04
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Egretta_garzetta_Plegadis_falcinellus_Syracuse.jpg
The little egret (Egretta garzetta) is a species of small heron in the family Ardeidae. The genus name comes from the Provençal French Aigrette, "egret", a diminutive of Aigron," heron". The species epithet garzetta is from the Italian name for this bird, garzetta or sgarzetta.
The glossy ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) is a wading bird in the ibis family Threskiornithidae. The scientific name derives from Ancient Greek plegados and Latin, falcis, both meaning "sickle" and referring to the distinctive shape of the bill. This is the most widespread ibis species, breeding in scattered sites in warm regions of Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Atlantic and Caribbean regions of the Americas.
