Comparative nest site selection and breeding success in 2 sympatric Ardeids, black-crowned night-heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) and little egret (
Egretta garzetta) in the Aries Delta, Macedonia, Greece.
Data collection: Little Egret
Egretta garzetta and Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis formed three colonies within three localities with large variability in ecological features.
1997: Comparative nest site selection and breeding success in 2 sympatric Ardieds, black-crowned night heron Nycticorax nycticorax and little egret
Egretta garzetta in the Axios delta, Mecidonia, Greece.--Colonial Waterbirds 20: 505-517.
Hafner, "Nestling size rank in the little egret (
Egretta garzetta) influences subsequent breeding success of offspring," Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, vol.
and Britton, R.,1983, "Changes of foraging sites by nesting Little Egrets,
Egretta garzetta L.
Egretta garzetta ydi ei enw gwyddonol o, ac mae'n cael ei alw'n 'little egret' yn Saesneg.
Gray herons (Ardea cinerea), spoonbills (Platalea leucorodia), night herons (Nycticorax nycticorax), squacco herons (Ardeola ralloides), cattle egrets (Bubulcus ibis) and little egrets (
Egretta garzetta) are the typical residents of the pajareras or nesting colonies in the tops of cork oaks.
Foraging ecology of the Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea), Great Egret (Ardea alba) and Little Egret (
Egretta garzetta) in response to habitat at two Greek wetlands.
crecca) Migration ([dagger]) ([double dagger]) Common pochard# (Aythya ferina) Migration ([dagger]) Tufted duck# (Aythya fuligula) Migration ([dagger]) ([double dagger]) Smew# (Mergellus albellus) Migration ([dagger]) Jungle fowl# (Gallus gallus) (domestic) Domestic bird trade Pheasants# (Phasianidae) Exotic bird trade, zoos Quail# (Coturnix coturnix) Domestic bird trade Wild turkey# (Meleagris gallopavo) (domestic) Domestic bird trade Red-faced cormorant (Phalacrocorax urile) Migration ([section]) Gray heron# (Ardea cinerea) Vagrant Little egret# (
Egretta garzetta) Vagrant Cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis) Vagrant Eurasian kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) Vagrant Northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) Vagrant Mongolian plover (Charadrius mongolus) Migration ([dagger]) Common ringed plover (C.
The little egret (
egretta garzetta) is a small white heron with attractive white plumes on crest, back and chest, black legs and bill, and yellow feet
The average genetic distances among the species varied from 5.39% (between Egretta sacra and
Egretta garzetta) to 41.15% (between Egretta sacra and Botaurus stellaris).
The most observed species of birds in 2008 to 2009 includes Bubulcus ibis (5240),
Egretta garzetta (3150), Egretta alba (1670), Hirundo rustica (702) and Riparia paludicola (660) (Ali et al., 2011).
Species known to have been infected by West Nile virus and whose habitat and distribution indicate that they might be affected by such displacement include the Gray Heron (Ardea cinerea), the Little Egret (
Egretta garzetta), the Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis), the Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus), and the Yellow-legged Gull (Larus cachinnans) (Table 1).
The highest probing activity was recorded during 0900 to 1000hrs in Little Egret (
Egretta garzetta; i.e.
Oriental white storks black storks Ciconia nigra (Feng 2008) little egrets
Egretta garzetta and great egret Casmerodius albus (Zhang et al.
