It does in fact refer to the Old World subspecies of what we call Great
Egret -- one has been at Chincoteague for some months now.

Gail Mackiernan
Colesville, MD

on 08/27/2009 11:15 AM, Philip S Brody at  wrote:

> What is a Great White Egret?   I could not find any references to Great
> White Egret other than an occasionally used alternate name for the Great
> Egret. Could the reference be to the white morph Great Blue Heron or is it
> an Old World subspecies of the Great Egret?
> 
> 
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