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Measurements
Linear
Means, for males (n = 43), for females (n = 35; Palmer 1962). Bill length: males, 83.3 mm; females, 78.6 mm. Wing length: males, 259.9 mm; females, 251.2 mm. Tarsus length: males, 97.1 mm; females, 89.6 mm. Western birds reported larger, especially in Baja California (Palmer 1962).
Mass
Typical adult mass approximately 369 g ( Palmer 1962).
Parsons, Katharine C. and Terry L. Master. 2000. Snowy Egret (Egretta thula), The Birds of North America Online (A. Poole, Ed.). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology; Retrieved from the Birds of North America Online: http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/species/489
