Research on the egrets mixed population in xiamen egret natural reserve found that the reserve and its extending area provided the population fitting conditions through winter . the dominating component is little egret ( elpetta garzetta ) and there were some large egret ( egretta alba ) , cattle egret ( bubulcus ibis ) and few chinese egret ( egrtta eulophotes ) 2000 2001年,對廈門白鷺自然保護區的鷺類種群動態研究表明,保護區及其周邊地區為鷺類種群提供了優良的越冬條件,越冬鷺群主要包括白鷺和少量牛背鷺與大白鷺,偶見黃嘴白鷺。