Wildlifeof Thailand
Chinese Egret
Ardeidae
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Egretta eulophotes
Basic stats
Diet
Invertebrates
Habitat
Coasts and wetland; breeds on small offshore islands
Range
Breeds off the coasts of far eastern Russia, North and South Korea and mainland China
Size
About 68cm tall
The Chinese egret averages 68 cm in height. The plumage is white throughout its life and looks like the little egret's. Outside the breeding season the bill is dusky with a tannish peach base, the lores and legs are yellow-green and the iris yellow. In the breeding season adults grow a luxuriant crest sometimes over 11 cm long, and long lanceolate plumes on the breast and back extending beyond the tail, like the little egret's aigrettes (Wikipedia, general species account).
It breeds on small islands off the coasts of far eastern Russia, North Korea, South Korea and mainland China, and all recent breeding records are from offshore islands (Wikipedia, general species account).
Quick answers
- What does the Chinese Egret eat?
- Invertebrates
- What habitat does the Chinese Egret live in?
- Coasts and wetland; breeds on small offshore islands
- Where is the Chinese Egret found?
- Breeds off the coasts of far eastern Russia, North and South Korea and mainland China
- How big is the Chinese Egret?
- About 68cm tall