Western Reef Heron

Egretta gularis - Aigrette des récifs Aigrette à gorge blanche

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Pelecaniformes

  • Family
    :

    Ardéidés

  • Genus
    :

    Egretta

  • Species
    :

    gularis

Descriptor

Bosc, 1792

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 65 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 83 à 95 cm.
  • Weight
    :
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Aigrette des récifs
adult plum. post breeding
Aigrette des récifs
adult plum. breeding

Western Reef Heron (Egretta gularis) is a species of bird in the Ardeidae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

  • Egretta gularis gularis (coastal w Africa)
  • Egretta gularis schistacea (coastal ne Africa to w India, Sri Lanka)

Foreign names

  • Aigrette des récifs,
  • Garceta dimorfa,
  • garça-dos-recifes-ocidental,
  • Küstenreiher,
  • zátonykócsag,
  • Westelijke Rifreiger,
  • Airone schistaceo,
  • revhäger,
  • Strandhegre,
  • volavka pobrežná,
  • volavka přímořská,
  • Vestlig Revhejre,
  • riuttahaikara,
  • Westelike Kusreier,
  • martinet dels esculls,
  • Kóralhegri,
  • czapla rafowa,
  • rifu gārnis, krastu gārnis,
  • obalna čaplja,
  • Береговая цапля,
  • アフリカクロサギ,
  • 西岩鹭,
  • 黃喉岩鷺,

Voice song and cries

Aigrette des récifs
adult plum. post breeding

Habitat

Aigrette des récifs
adult plum. breeding

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level ; Wetlands (inland) : Perman

ent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls) ; 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, Salt Marshes (Emergent Grasses), Tidepools ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Sea Cliffs and Rocky Offshore Islands, Coastal Brackish/Saline Lagoons/Marine Lakes, Coastal Freshwater Lakes

Geographic range

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: 08-09-2020
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