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https://www.birdwatchingroquetasdemar.com/en/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/garceta-grande-scaled.jpg16001066It is much larger than the Great Egret, to which it is remarkably similar, but slightly slenderer. The neck is long and angular, it does not have the characteristic occipital feathers of the former, but the bill turns yellow during the non-nuptial season. During the mating season the tibiae acquire a reddish colouration.