Grey Heron

90-98 cm; span 1.7-1.9 m. Tall as Great Egret but bulkier. Grey with white head and neck; dark streaks down throat; long white plumes on lower neck; black stripe from above eye to hind crown with black plumes from hind crown in breeding birds; black and white shoulder-patch evident in flight. Bill yellow-grey, dagger-like; lores pale yellow; legs yellow-brown. Flight slow, ponderous, long bluish 'fingers' prominent.