‘Birds’

Каравайка

  

Каравайка ( Plegadis falcinellus) - The bird family ibisovyh, living on fresh and brackish waters, marshes, water meadows and shallow waters across Australia.

The adult plumage glossy ibis dark brown with bronze and green tint, young birds on the head and neck white shading, which disappears with age, brown plumage and also without reflux. The length of adult glossy ibis 50 -60centimeters.

  

  

Glossy eats aquatic insects, leeches, earthworms and fish.

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Great White Egret

Great White Egret ( Ardea alba) - A large wading bird of the family tsaplevyh, living on the banks of rivers, lakes and wetlands across Australia.

Great Egret fairly large bird, the height of the 94 до 104 Centimeters,weight of adult birds from 900 до 1100 Gram, a wingspan before30-145 cm.

Great white heron plumage all white, yellow beak, long and straight, feet long, dark gray and a short wedge-shaped tail. Heron long neck, S-shaped, so the bird can quickly pull or draw a neck. Tuft on his head a great white heron, which occurs in other species of herons, no.

 

Smooth flight heron, at about 28-51 kilometers per hour, overland great white egret moves slowly, stretching his neck in search of food. Heron hunts either alone or in groups,during the day and at dusk, , and after dark get in groups with other herons and seeks refuge.

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Eastern reef heron

Eastern reef heron ( Egretta sacred) - A bird of the family tsaplevyh, inhabiting Australia and the island Tasmania.

The body length of the eastern reef heron 57-67 inches,wingspan of 90 before 110 Centimeters, and weighs more than a bird 400 grams.

In the eastern reef heron gray plumage,yellowish and short legs, and on the chin, throat and a thin white stripe. The beak of the eastern reef heron brown, yellowish eyes, during the breeding season in the neck and back pain birds appear long and fancy feathers.

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