Comments on: ID Quiz Winner. Definitely not an Anhinga! And a mystery (leucistic?) juvenile Reddish Egret … R6 bodies in stock! https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2021/03/02/id-quiz-winner-definitely-not-an-anhinga-and-a-mystery-leucistic-juvenile-reddish-egret/ The blog of bird photographer Arthur Morris Fri, 07 Mar 2025 15:39:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: Arthur Morris/BIRDS AS ART https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2021/03/02/id-quiz-winner-definitely-not-an-anhinga-and-a-mystery-leucistic-juvenile-reddish-egret/comment-page-1/#comment-1819291 Tue, 02 Mar 2021 22:59:53 +0000 http://www.birdsasart-blog.com/?p=72530#comment-1819291 In reply to Cliff Beittel.

Thanks. Could be …

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]]> By: Cliff Beittel https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2021/03/02/id-quiz-winner-definitely-not-an-anhinga-and-a-mystery-leucistic-juvenile-reddish-egret/comment-page-1/#comment-1819286 Tue, 02 Mar 2021 20:25:39 +0000 http://www.birdsasart-blog.com/?p=72530#comment-1819286 Artie,

Hmmm. Same photo at the Birds of the World site is labeled:

“Juvenile white morph
Medium-sized shaggy-necked heron. Juvenile white morphs are entirely white with a dark bill.”

Same photo and description can be seen without subscription at:

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Reddish_Egret/id (scroll right on the photos)

I think the notes at the McCauley site are possibly those of the photographer, whereas the description at BOTW would more likely be “peer reviewed”. Photo was dated Nov. 6, 2016. Sibley (1st ed) shows the juvenile white phase having a blackish bill, as in the photo, but the winter adult having a lighter, two-toned bill.

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