| Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha (aka Intermediate Egret Ardea intermedia brachyrhyncha, Egretta intermedia brachyrhyncha) |
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Ghana and Ethiopia The Yellow-billed Egret is distributed in Africa south of the Sahara except in the Congo Basin. See the distribution map at Birdlife International. It is found in a variety of habitats but is more commonly found inland in areas with abundant aquatic vegetation than on the coast. |
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It looks similar to Great Egret A. alba in non-breeding plumage but is smaller (compare it with the Grey Heron Ardea cinerea in photo 1) and has a shorter, stubbier bill. Its neck is less kinked and the line of the gape is shorter than that of the Great Egret ending at the back of the eye. | |||
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It is traditionally treated as a sub-species of Intermediate Egret A. intermedia but the HBW and Birdlife International checklist has split the species largely on the basis of bill colour and leg colour when in breeding plumage. The Intermediate Egret has black bill and legs in breeding plumage while the Yellow-billed Egret has a yellow and pink bill and reddish upper legs. | |||
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