A Great Egret looking for food and the flying off to another place. The Great Egret is in the Phylum Chrodata, Class Aves, Order Pelecaniformes, Family Ardeidae, Genus Ardea, and Species Ardea alba. It was September 28th at 11:15 am and 90 degrees outside. Found in Portland Texas at Sunset Lake. Great Egrets help control fish over population and are really nice to look at.