egret

Japanese: egret
egret

…A general term for birds in the family Ardeidae of the order Ciconiformes. The English name is generally heron, but the little egret family is called egret, and the common bittern and bittern family are called bitterns. The Ardeidae family is distributed throughout the world except the polar regions, and is classified into 15 to 20 genera and about 62 species. …

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Japanese:

…コウノトリ目サギ科Ardeidaeの鳥の総称。英名は一般にheronであるが,コサギの仲間はegret,ヨシゴイ,サンカノゴイの仲間はbitternと呼ばれる。サギ科は極地を除く全世界に分布し,15~20属約62種に分類される。…

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