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When to see Yellow-billed Egret in Kruger National Park
Yellow-billed Egret are most active during the day (06:00 to 18:00).
This is Yellow-billed Egret's general behavior. Once enough sightings are logged in Kruger National Park, this page also shows when they're actually seen here.
About the Yellow-billed Egret
A medium-sized white egret found around seasonally flooded marshes, grassland, lake margins, saltpans, estuaries and rivers across sub-Saharan Africa. It resembles the larger Great Egret but has a shorter, stockier bill and a gape line that stops at the eye rather than extending past it. It forages by slowly stalking shallow water and wet grass, stabbing at fish, frogs and aquatic insects, and is often seen singly or in small loose groups.
How to identify the Yellow-billed Egret
Medium white egret, smaller and stockier-billed than the Great Egret; the bill's gape line ends at the eye rather than running past it. Bill and lores turn orange-red to yellow with a green flush in breeding plumage, and long back/breast plumes appear.
Other species to look for in Kruger National Park
Other parks where you can see Yellow-billed Egret
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