{"id":43245,"date":"2013-07-23T11:50:36","date_gmt":"2013-07-23T09:50:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/chinese-egret-egretta-eulophotes-vu\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T09:15:51","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T08:15:51","slug":"chinese-egret-egretta-eulophotes-vu","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/threatened-bird-species\/vu-vulnerable\/chinese-egret-egretta-eulophotes-vu\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Egret Egretta\u00a0eulophotes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Due to its restricted range and the destruction of tidal flats within that range, the Chinese (or Swinhoe&#8217;s) Egret is considered vulnerable. It is a smallish egret, but easily separated from Little Egret and Cattle Egret by its plumes as well as bill, leg and feet coloration.<\/p>\n<p>Factsheet:  Chinese Egret Egretta eulophotes <\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" id=\"ngg-gallery-378-43245\">\n\n\n\n    \t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3345\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/chinese-egret-egretta-eulophotes-vu\/chinese-egret-egretta-eulophotes-john-a-wright-9975.jpg\" title=\"A Chinese Egret (Egretta eulophotes) on a mudflat in Saga prefecture, Japan.\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"A Chinese Egret (Egretta eulophotes) on a mudflat in Saga prefecture, Japan.\" alt=\"Chinese Egret (Egretta eulophotes)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/chinese-egret-egretta-eulophotes-vu\/thumbs\/thumbs_chinese-egret-egretta-eulophotes-john-a-wright-9975.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Chinese Egret (Egretta eulophotes)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3344\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/chinese-egret-egretta-eulophotes-vu\/chinese-egret-egretta-eulophotes-john-a-wright-9971.jpg\" title=\"A Chinese Egret (Egretta eulophotes) on a mudflat in Saga prefecture, Japan.\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"A Chinese Egret (Egretta eulophotes) on a mudflat in Saga prefecture, Japan.\" alt=\"Chinese Egret (Egretta eulophotes)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/chinese-egret-egretta-eulophotes-vu\/thumbs\/thumbs_chinese-egret-egretta-eulophotes-john-a-wright-9971.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Chinese Egret (Egretta eulophotes)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3343\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/chinese-egret-egretta-eulophotes-vu\/chinese-egret-egretta-eulophotes-john-a-wright-9903.jpg\" title=\"A Chinese Egret (Egretta eulophotes) on a mudflat in Saga prefecture, Japan.\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"A Chinese Egret (Egretta eulophotes) on a mudflat in Saga prefecture, Japan.\" alt=\"Chinese Egret (Egretta eulophotes)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/chinese-egret-egretta-eulophotes-vu\/thumbs\/thumbs_chinese-egret-egretta-eulophotes-john-a-wright-9903.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Chinese Egret (Egretta eulophotes)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3243\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/chinese-egret-egretta-eulophotes-vu\/chinese-egret-egretta-eulophotes-1920-240-7015.jpg\" title=\"An adult breeding Chinese Egret (Egretta eulophotes) wading in a shallow inlet in Petchaburi province, Thailand.\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"An adult breeding Chinese Egret (Egretta eulophotes) wading in a shallow inlet in Petchaburi province, Thailand.\" alt=\"Chinese Egret (Egretta eulophotes)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/chinese-egret-egretta-eulophotes-vu\/thumbs\/thumbs_chinese-egret-egretta-eulophotes-1920-240-7015.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Chinese Egret (Egretta eulophotes)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t<!-- Pagination -->\n \t<div class=\"ngg-clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Due to its restricted range and the destruction of tidal flats within that range, the Chinese (or Swinhoe&#8217;s) Egret is considered vulnerable. It is a smallish egret, but easily separated from Little Egret and Cattle Egret by its plumes as well as bill, leg and feet coloration. 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