It is also a staging base for trips to a white heron sanctuary that is the only breeding location of white heron in New Zealand.
Great Egret, (Ardea alba), also known as the Great White Egret, Common Egret or White heron
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Eastern Great Egret (Ardea alba modesta), also known as kÅtuku in New Zealand
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The site several large waterbird nesting colonies; other birds that breed in relatively large numbers include Little Black, Little Pied and Pied Cormorants, Darters, Australian White Ibises, Royal Spoonbills, Australian Pelicans, Great, Intermediate and Cattle Egrets, Pied Herons and Nankeen Night Herons.
Many species of birds can be seen throughout the park, including Purple Gallinule, Black-bellied Whistling Duck, Black-crowned Night Heron, Great Egret, White Ibis, Common Moorhen, Roseate Spoonbill, Least Bittern, Limpkin, Mottled Duck, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Northern Flicker, and Sora.
Balkhash is also the habitat of 120 types of bird, including cormorants, Marbled Teal, pheasants, golden eagle and great egret; 12 of those are endangered, including White Pelican, Dalmatian Pelican, spoonbill, whooper and erne.
The Great Egret Award, National Audubon Society, February 2005, in recognition of a lifetime of service to the cause of conservation at the national, state and local levels.