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loose flocks of 15-20 birds, although it is often found singly. It is often found in association with other egrets, roosting at night in trees, including mangroves. Breeding occurs in mixed, often large colonies in trees over water or swamp. The nest is made of sticks, rushes and reeds, is lined with grass and is built in trees, bushes or reedbeds. A small area around the nest is defended from other yellow-billed egrets. The nesting season is during or immediately after the rains and both parents incubate the eggs.
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Yellow-billed egrets are generally regarded as residents but they are known to undertake local movements to find more favourable conditions when water levels change. This egret feeds mainly on fish and frogs, less so on both aquatic and terrestrial invertebrates. It can be gregarious, associating in
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