Medium Egret
Ardea intermedia
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About the Medium Egret
A stocky egret that is larger than Eastern Cattle and Little Egrets, but smaller than the Great Egret. Often confusing and difficult to identify, this bird is truly intermediate between potential confusion species. Things to look for include a yellow bill that is shorter than Great Egret but longer than Eastern Cattle Egret, a relatively rounded head, and shorter legs than Great Egret, approaching Eastern Cattle Egret. Like most egret species, associates with all types of water bodies including wet fields, often flocking with other egrets.
Species account: eBird.org, fetched 2025-12-26 · How these pages are made
Where it has been recorded
Recorded in 42 of the 253 countries we have eBird lists for. Each opens that country's checklist.
- Australia
- Bangladesh
- Bhutan
- British Indian Ocean Territory
- Brunei
- Cambodia
- China
- Christmas Island
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands
- Guam
- High Seas
- Hong Kong
- India
- Indonesia
- Japan
- Laos
- Macau
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Micronesia
- Mongolia
- Myanmar
- Nepal
- North Korea
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Philippines
- Russia
- Saudi Arabia
- Seychelles
- Singapore
- South Korea
- Sri Lanka
- Taiwan
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Uganda
- United Arab Emirates
- United States
- Vietnam
