Chinese Egret

Egretta eulophotes - Aigrette de Chine

Aigrette de Chine
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Pelecaniformes

  • Family
    :

    Ardéidés

  • Genus
    :

    Egretta

  • Species
    :

    eulophotes

Descriptor

Swinhoe, 1860

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 68 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 97 à 114 cm.
  • Weight
    : 450 à 500 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Aigrette de Chine
adult plum. breeding
Aigrette de Chine
adult plum. post breeding

Chinese Egret (Egretta eulophotes) is a species of bird in the Ardeidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Aigrette de Chine,
  • Garceta china,
  • garça-chinesa,
  • Schneereiher,
  • kontyos kócsag,
  • Chinese Zilverreiger,
  • Garzetta della Cina,
  • sidenhäger,
  • Kritthegre,
  • volavka čínska,
  • volavka žlutozobá,
  • Østlig Silkehejre,
  • kiinanjalohaikara,
  • martinet de la Xina,
  • czapla żółtodzioba,
  • Svinhū gārnis,
  • Желтоклювая цапля,
  • Kuntul cina,
  • カラシラサギ,
  • 黄嘴白鹭,
  • นกยางจีน,
  • 唐白鷺〔黃嘴白鷺〕,

Habitat

Aigrette de Chine
adult plum. post breeding

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level ; Marine Intertidal : Rocky Shoreline, Mud Flats and Salt Flats ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Coastal Brackish/Saline Lagoons/Marine Lakes ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land

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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