Great Egrets

CICONIIFORMES - Infraorder Ciconiides - Family Ardeidae
Scientific name : Ardea alba
Japanese Name : Dai Sagi (stands for big heron)

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Great Egret [1][2], Daisagi or Ardea alba modesta. photo: 10/2001, Tokyo, Japan.
Great Egret [3], Chu Daisagi or Ardea alba modesta. photo: 03/2002, Chiba, Japan.
Great Egret [4], Daisagi or Ardea alba. photo: 12/2002, Okinawa, Japan.

Great Egret [5][6], Daisagi or Ardea alba. photo: 08/2003,Darwin, NT, Australia.
Great Egret [7], Daisagi or Ardea alba. photo: 05/2006, Yamaguchi, Japan.
Great Egret [8], Daisagi or Ardea alba. photo: 12/2006, Chiba, Japan.

Great Egret [9], Daisagi or Ardea alba. photo: 02/2007, Hokkaido, Japan. Great Egret [10][11], Daisagi or Ardea alba. photo: 08/2007, Loango NP, Gabon. Great Egret [12][13], Daisagi or Ardea alba. photo: 11/2007, Caiyuan, Penghu Islands, Taiwan.

Great Egret [12], Daisagi or Ardea alba. photo: 11/2007, Fukuoka, Japan. back to main room


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