Last month, the American Ornithological Society split the Great Egret into two separate species! #FunFactFriday New World (the Americas) is now called the American Egret, with a new scientific name: Ardea egretta. Old World (Africa, Asia and Europe) is now called the Great White Egret, and keeps the scientific name Ardea alba. So here in Georgia, we're saying farewell to GREG and hello to AMEG! 📷️: American Egret photo by Susan Berthelot (@susan.berthelot), a member of our Birds Georgia Photographers Network