Juveniles are duller and paler than the adults. Juveniles are duller and grayer than adults and lack iridescence. The females are duller and browner than the males. The juvenile is duller and browner. Juveniles are duller with less streaking and have a browner eye. It is greyer, duller and lacking in the lustre of the winter fur. The female was , and was duller and browner than the male overall. Immature birds have duller and less demarcated plumage. In many species juveniles have a distinctly duller plumage. Immature snowy egrets have duller, greenish legs. Female and juvenile coloration is slightly duller. The summer fur is generally shorter, sparser and duller than the winter fur. The color becomes duller and darker on the back and wings. Upperparts are turquoise-blue, slightly duller on crown and brighter on rump. Peahens lack the train, and have a greenish lower neck and duller brown plumage.