Pacific Reef Heron

Egretta sacra - Aigrette sacrée

Aigrette sacrée
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Pelecaniformes

  • Family
    :

    Ardéidés

  • Genus
    :

    Egretta

  • Species
    :

    sacra

Descriptor

Gmelin, JF, 1789

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 66 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 90 à 100 cm.
  • Weight
    : 400 à 700 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Aigrette sacrée
adult
Aigrette sacrée
adult

Pacific Reef Heron (Egretta sacra) is a species of bird in the Ardeidae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

  • Egretta sacra sacra (coastal se Asia to Australia, Oceania)
  • Egretta sacra albolineata (New Caledonia, Loyalty Is.)

Foreign names

  • Aigrette sacrée,
  • Garceta de arrecife,
  • garça-dos-recifes-oriental,
  • Riffreiher,
  • keleti zátonykócsag,
  • Oostelijke Rifreiger,
  • Garzetta del reef orientale,
  • korallhäger,
  • Sothegre,
  • volavka posvätná,
  • volavka pobřežní,
  • Østlig Revhejre,
  • korallihaikara,
  • martinet sagrat,
  • czapla czczona,
  • svētais gārnis,
  • Восточная рифовая цапля,
  • Cangak pasifik,
  • クロサギ,
  • 岩鹭,
  • นกยางทะเล,
  • 岩鷺,

Voice song and cries

Aigrette sacrée
adult

Habitat

Aigrette sacrée
immature

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level ; Marine Neritic : Coral Reef, Outer Reef Channel, Back Slope, Foreslope (Outer Reef Slope), Lagoon, Inter-Reef Soft Substrate, Inter-Reef Rubble Substrate, Estuaries ; Marine Intertidal : Rocky Shoreline, Sandy Shoreline and/or Beaches, Sand Bars, Spits, Etc, Shingle and/or Pebble Shoreline and/or Beaches, Mud Flats and Salt Flats, Tidepools ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Sea Cliffs and Rocky Offshore Islands

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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published: - Updated: 16-01-2013
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