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    Photo 1 of 5

    (c) Nik Borrow, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    Photo 2 of 5

    (c) markus lilje, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

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    (c) Burak Doğansoysal, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Asrat Ayalew Gella, all rights reserved

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    (c) Dr. Ryne D. Rutherford, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Yellow-billed Egret

Ardea brachyrhyncha

Worldwide
1,754 observations
Group
Birds
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About

The yellow-billed egret (Ardea brachyrhyncha) is a species of heron, a medium sized heron. This species is found in Sub-Saharan Africa. Until 2023 the yellow-billed egret was regarded as a subspecies of the intermediate egret (A. (i.) intermedia) of Asia, as was the plumed egret (A. (i.) plumifera) of Australia and Oceania.

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