Birds · La Saladita, Guerrero

Great Egret

Ardea alba

Spanish: Garza blanca

Great Egret (Ardea alba)
Photographed by adrian_mora on iNaturalist

The great egret (Ardea alba), also known as the common egret, large egret or (in the Old World) great white egret or great white heron is a large, widely distributed egret, with four subspecies found in Asia, Africa, the Americas, and southern Europe. Distributed across most of the tropical and warmer temperate regions of the world. It builds tree nests in colonies close to water.

TaxonomyAves › Pelecaniformes › Ardeidae
Local records145 research-grade observations within about 50 km of La Saladita (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones)
Global records426,324 on iNaturalist
Most recent records2026 – 2026
Months of the 8 most recent records
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Cite as: “Great Egret (Ardea alba) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/ardea-alba/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.