Intermediate Egret

 The 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐮𝐦 𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐭 (𝐀𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐚 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚), 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐭, 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐭 or 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐭, is a 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐮𝐦-𝐬𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐧. Some 𝐭𝐚𝐱𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 put the species in the 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐬 𝐄𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐚 or 𝐌𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐲𝐱. It is a 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐫 in 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧 and 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐀𝐬𝐢𝐚.

The 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐮𝐦 𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐭 is 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞 in 𝐬𝐢𝐳𝐞 between the 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐭 and 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐬 like the 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐭 and 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐭. It is about 𝟓𝟔–𝟕𝟐 𝐜𝐦 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 with a 𝟏𝟎𝟓–𝟏𝟏𝟓 𝐜𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐧 and 𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐬 𝟒𝟎𝟎 𝐠 with 𝐚𝐥𝐥-𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞, 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐬 and a 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥. The 𝐬𝐞𝐱𝐞𝐬 are 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐫.

The 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐮𝐦 𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐬 its 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐲 𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 in 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐨𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐥 or 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐡 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫, including 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝𝐬. It 𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐬𝐡, 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐬, 𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 and 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬. It often 𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬 in 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬 with 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐬, usually on 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬 of 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐬 in 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐬 or 𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐛𝐬.