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Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta )
Description Photograph (click on the image to increase it) Various
It is very graceful and elegant, quite white with the end of the yellow paws. It is a frequent sort in France. Little Egret it lands gladly in trees. it lives most of the time with the night heron and the grey heron. Migratory sort. Actual in increase.
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Habitat  : swampy Zones, lakes, lagoons, meadows, ponds, littoral mudholes.
Food  : Insects, mollusks, fishes, batrachians.
Size  :21.67 inch (55-65 cm) Weight  : 400-600g Wing span : 34.672 inch (88-106 cm)
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