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Plumed Egret nuptial dance?

(Ardea plumifera)
: "Intermediate Egret", "White Crane",
"Median Egret", "Smaller Egret", "Yellow-billed Egret"
Size: 56-72 cm; wing span 1.05-1.15 m
Body mass: 400-500 g
Wing loading [g/cm²]: 0.24-0.36

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The sequence of photos shown here was obtained by B. Hensen at McMinns Lagoon, near Darwin, NT, in November 2018. It shows what is likely to be a nuptial dance of a pair of Plumed Egrets in breeding plumage.

Pas de deux a la Plumed Egret (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[McMinns Lagoon, near Darwin, NT, November 2018]

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