Bird / Casmerodius albus
Great Egret
Lowest risk
Native
The great egret(Ardea alba), also known as the common egret, large egret, or great white egret or great white heron is a large, widely distributed egret, with four subspecies found in Asia, Africa, the Americas, and southern Europe. Distributed across most of the tropical and warmer temperate regions of the world, it builds tree nests in colonies close to water.
- Range mass
- 912 to 1140 g
- Average length
- 1 m
- Average wingspan
- 1.5 m
- Breeding interval
- Great egrets breed once per year.
- Breeding season
- Breeding season begins in mid-April.
- Average eggs per season
- 3-4
- Average time to hatching
- 23-24 days
- Average fledging age
- 2-3 weeks
- Average age at sexual or reproductive maturity (female)
- 2 years
- Average age at sexual or reproductive maturity (male)
- 2 years
- Range lifespan
Status: wild - 22.8 (high) years
- Average lifespan
Status: wild - 15 years
- Average lifespan
Status: captivity - 22 years
- Average lifespan
Status: wild - 274 months
Jones, J. 2002. "Ardea alba" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed November 10, 2020 at https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Ardea_alba/
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