Species Detail: Casmerodius albus
Taxonomy / Classification
Scientific Name: Casmerodius albus
 
Authority: Linnaeus, 1758
 
Synonyms:
 
Common Names:
Common Names Location Language
Garza Blanca Grande Global Spanish
Great Egret Global English
 
 
Formal Taxonomy:
Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus
Animalia Craniata Aves
(Birds)		 Ciconiiformes
 Ardeidae Ardea
 
Taxonomic Comments:
 
General Species Description: Reproduction Comments:Clutch size is 1-6 (usually 3-4) in the north, 2-3 in the south. Incubation lasts 23-25 days, by both sexes. Young fly at about 6 weeks. Nests solitarily or in small to large colonies (Harrison 1979). In Florida, failure of nests was associated with high rainfall (Frederick and Collopy 1989). May lay another clutch if eggs are lost during incubation (Byrd and Johnston 1991). Ecology Comments:Nonbreeding: may gather in groups but usually forages singly, spreading out over available area.

In Florida, nestlings infected by the nematode EUSTRONGYLIDES IGNOTUS experienced higher mortality rates than did uninfected nestlings (Spalding et al. 1994).

Conservation Status
Status type Location Status Review date
IUCN Redlist Global LC
Natureserve Global G5

Habitats Terrestrially widely distributed: No

No Habitats listed.

Distribution Status No Distributions listed.

Location Occurrence Status Description
Dutch Caribbean

Population No Population listed.

Threats No Threats listed.

Uses No Uses listed.

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