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Little Egret dark morph on Gold Coast, Qld

To: Tony Crittenden <>, "" <>, AUS-Bird Webring <>
Subject: Little Egret dark morph on Gold Coast, Qld
From: Nikolas Haass <>
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 18:08:20 -0700 (PDT)
Armstrong, G.(1998): The Stanpit
Egret. Birding World 11: 318-320.
 
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Nikolas Haass

Sydney, NSW


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From: Tony Crittenden <>
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Sent: Friday, August 19, 2011 7:54 AM
Subject: Little Egret dark morph on Gold Coast, Qld


Back in the 1990's I recall there was an odd egret seen in the UK that was 
eventually determined to be a probable Reef Egret/Little Egret hybrid.









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> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Little Egret dark morph on Gold Coast, Qld
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> Tony Bailey sought the identification of a strange Egret he saw and 
> photographed at Coombabah Swamp on the Gold Coast on 11 August. The bird 
> resembled a cross between a White-faced Heron and a Little Egret as it had 
> mainly white underparts but with grey on the head, neck and upperparts. I 
> suggested to him that it was a dark morph Little Egret. He returned to the 
> site today and by comparison with a typical Little Egret confirmed that 
> identity and obtained more photos. I have placed one photo on the Eremaea 
> Birds Australia's Birdline for Central & Southern Queensland.
> Although this variable dark colour morph is known from Asia, (it is 
> illustrated in the 2005 edition of Viney, Phillipps & Ying, Birds of Hong 
> Kong & Southern China), I am not aware of any previous reports from 
> Australia. It seems probable that this particular mutant originated in 
> Australia rather than Asia. It is also atypical in that its legs are yellow 
> rather than black. It may be more than coincidence that a somewhat similar 
> looking strange Little Egret/White-faced Heron was recently photographed at 
> Parry's Lagoon near Wyndham in WA. The ID of that bird is being debated.
> 
> Mike Carter
> 30 Canadian Bay Road
> Mount Eliza VIC 3930
> Tel (03) 9787 7136
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