"Herodias. Great Egret Heron. Character of Ardea proper, excepting in plumage; color white; no crest; a long depending train of still-shafted loose-webbed scapular feathers in the breeding season. Size large, only exceeded by the species of Ardea." Elliot Coues, 1884

European Great White Egret

"Herodias. Great Egret Heron. Character of Ardea proper, excepting in plumage; color white; no crest;…