Dimorphic egret

{{Short description|Species of bird}} {{speciesbox | image = Dimorphic egret (Egretta dimorpha) white morph.jpg | image_caption =White morph on Nosy Ve, Madagascar | image2 =Dimorphic Egret RWD9.jpg | image2_caption =Dark morph at Parc Tsarasaotra, Madagascar | status = | status_system = | genus = Egretta | species = dimorpha | authority = Hartert, 1914 | synonyms = }} thumb|white and black morph together The '''dimorphic egret''' ('''''Egretta dimorpha''''') is a species of heron in the family Ardeidae. It is found in Comoros, Kenya, Madagascar, Mayotte, Seychelles, and Tanzania.

The dimorphic egret is sometimes considered as a subspecies of the western reef egret (''Egretta gularis'')<ref name=hbw>{{cite web | last1=del Hoyo | first1=J. | last2=Collar | first2=N. | last3=Kirwan | first3=G.M. | year=2017 | title=Western Reef-egret (''Egretta gularis'') | editor1-last=del Hoyo | editor1-first=J. | editor2-last=Elliott | editor2-first=A. | editor3-last=Sargatal | editor3-first=J. | editor4-last=Christie | editor4-first=D.A. | editor5-last=de Juana | editor5-first=E. | work=Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive | publisher=Lynx Edicions | url=http://www.hbw.com/node/467292 | accessdate=22 September 2017 |url-access=subscription }}</ref> or as a subspecies of the little egret (''Egretta garzetta'').<ref>{{ cite web | last1=Clements | first1=J.F. | last2=Schulenberg | first2=T.S. | last3=Iliff | first3=M.J. | last4=Roberson | first4=D. | last5=Fredericks | first5=T.A. | last6=Sullivan | first6=B.L. | last7=Wood | first7=C.L. | year=2017 | title=The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017 | url=https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/ | accessdate=22 September 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{ cite book | editor-last1=Dickinson | editor-first1=E.C. | editor1-link=Edward C. Dickinson | editor-last2=Remsen | editor-first2=J.V. Jr. | editor2-link=James Van Remsen, Jr. | year=2013 | title=The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, Volume 1: Non-passerines | edition=4th | place=Eastbourne, UK | publisher=Aves Press | isbn=978-0-9568611-0-8 }}</ref>

The dimorphic egret can sometimes be found on rooftops, finding insects in the gutters of houses.<ref>{{cite news|title=Slow and steady, like the tortoise and the rail|author=Cheryl-Samantha Owen|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=April 10, 2008}}</ref>

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==Further reading== *{{ cite journal | last=Taylor | first=D. | year=2010 | title=The ''Egretta garzetta'' complex in East Africa. A case for one, two or three species | journal=Scopus | volume=30 | pages=59–62 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46804188 }}

Category:Egretta Category:Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN Category:Birds of East Africa Category:Birds of Madagascar Category:Birds of Seychelles Category:Taxa named by Ernst Hartert Category:Birds described in 1914 Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot