| Description 90 cm. It's an elegant bird with its dazzlingly white plumage. I has very long and slim neck, and long yellow bill. Its legs are blackish or dull yellow mainly above joint. Upon flying its long legs and arched wings can be seen. In Hungary the Great White Egret is fairly common breeder in colonies of varying size in marshlands and on the fishponds of Transdanubia and the Great Plain. Migrant, however overwinters with increasing frequency. Habitat Large marshes and bogs, fishponds Can be found in the following IBAs 03 Lake Fertő 04 Kis-Balaton 09 Béda Karapancsa 10 Gemenc 11 Sárvíz valley 12 Lake Velence and Dinnyés marshes 23 Lake Kolon 25 Lake Fehér at Gátér 26 Pusztaszer Landscape Protection Area 33 Lake Tisza | _164x300.JPG)
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