Great White Heron PictureDescription of the Great White Heron Bird as shown in picture above! Scientific name: (Egretta alba modesta)! Great White Heron birds are found in almost every country on planet Earth across most of the tropical and warmer temperate regions of the world including the United States, Canada, Argentina, southern Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia through to New Zealand! These species of birds are also called Great White Egrets (Ardea alba) and Common Egret! In New Zealand they are known as Kotuku, a name invented by the Maori native tribe of New Zealand for white herons! Great White Heron birds feeds mainly on eels and mainly small fish and in addition they also eat frogs, tadpoles, insects and even other birds! In New Zealand there birds are endangered! At one stage the great white egret feathers were used for women hats and for the Maori tribe Chief 's headdress! | |
