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Egret is a medium-sized wading bird, belonging to Egypteridae Egret. Egret * * birds 13 species, four of which are all white, commonly known as egrets. Medium size, yellow toes; When breeding feathers, bare skin is pink, with two striped feathers on the head and withered feathers on the back and chest.
When not breeding feathers, the naked skin of the eyes is yellow-green, and there are no head feathers and back feathers. There is no significant difference between men and women.
Egrets are distributed in the Yangtze River valley of China, Africa, south-central Europe, West Asia, Central Asia, East Asia, Southeast Asia and Oceania. Inhabit lakes, ponds, estuaries and other waters in low altitude areas, and often inhabit shallow waters or river beaches in small groups. I often feed in the water during the day and fly back to the woodland to rest at night.
Egrets prey on small fish, shrimp, frogs, mollusks, insects and so on. Also peck a small amount of plant seeds. The breeding period is from March to July, and the incubation period is about 25 days. The female bird stays in the nest and is hatched and fed by her parents. The service life is about 10 year.
Egrets appear in many articles, such as the famous sentence of Du Fu, a poet in the Tang Dynasty: "Two orioles sing green willows, and a row of egrets go up to the sky"; Guo Moruo, a great modern writer, also wrote a beautiful article "Egret" to praise it.
Because of its high economic value, ancient orientals like to use it to decorate clothes, while westerners like to use it to decorate hats. In addition, egrets like to live in groups and are easily killed in large numbers, which leads to a sharp decline in the number of wild egrets and almost extinction. 13 species of egrets are all listed in the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species.
Among them, the yellow-billed egret and the blue-gray egret are listed as vulnerable, and the brown-necked egret is listed as near-endangered. The yellow-billed egret is a first-class protected animal in China.