Chinese Egret

Egretta eulophotesOrder: CICONIIFORMESFamily: Bitterns, Herons and Egrets (Ardeidae)
Chinese Egret Head Illustration_2

Head

  • Bill Shape: Dagger
  • Eye color: White iris
  • Head Pattern: Crested or plumed
  • Crown color: White
  • Forehead color: White
  • Nape Color: White
  • Throat color: White
  • Cere color:
Chinese Egret Body Illustration_2

Body

  • Length Range: 64-68 cm (25.5-27 in)
  • Weight: 498 g (17.6 oz)
  • Size: Size 4. Large (16 - 32 in)
  • Color: White
  • Underparts: White
  • Upperparts: White
  • Back Pattern: Solid
  • Belly Pattern: Solid
  • Breast Pattern: Solid
Chinese Egret Flight Illustration_2

Flight

  • Flight Pattern: Bouyant, direct, with steady deep wing beats.
  • Wingspan Range: 96-114 cm (38-45 in)
  • Wing Shape: Broad-Wings, Long-Wings
  • Tail Shape: Squared Tail
  • Tail Pattern: Solid
  • Upper Tail: White
  • Under Tail: White
  • Leg color: Black
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Family Herons and Egrets (Ardeidae)_blue
Species Egretta eulophotes
Length25.5 - 27 Inches
Wingspan41.5 Inches

Chinese Egret

Chinese Egret: Population is seriously declining due to competition for living space with humans and other egrets. White overall with shaggy crest, blue-green lores, orange-yellow bill, and black legs with yellow feet. Has been seen feeding on mudflats and tidal flats with other egrets and herons.

● Song: "croak"

● Foraging & Feeding: Chinese Egret: Feeds on mudflats and tidal flats with other herons and egrets. Diet includes small fish, mollusks, crustaceans, reptiles, amphibians, and large insects. Often wades in shallow water when feeding.

● Breeding & nesting: Chinese Egret: Three to five pale blue-green eggs are laid in a platform of twigs and branches built by both sexes in a tree, shrub, or dry reed bed. Eggs are incubated for 20-24 days by both sexes. Semialtricial young stay in nest about 30 days.

● Similar species: None in range.

Flight Pattern

Bouyant, direct, with steady deep wing beats.
Chinese Egret Body Illustration_2
● Range & Habitat: Chinese Egret: Breeds in Russia, North Korea, South Korea and mainland China. It is also a non-breeding visitor to Japan, the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Peninsular and eastern Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and Brunei. Has been seen in North America only in the western Aleutian Islands.
BreedingMonogamous, Colonial
PopulationRare
MigrationMigratory
Weight17.6 Ounces