Intermediate Egret

Ardea intermedia - Héron intermédiaire

Héron intermédiaire
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Pelecaniformes

  • Family
    :

    Ardéidés

  • Genus
    :

    Ardea

  • Species
    :

    intermedia

Descriptor

Wagler, 1829

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 72 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 105 à 115 cm.
  • Weight
    :
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Héron intermédiaire
adult plum. breeding
Héron intermédiaire
adult plum. breeding

Intermediate Egret (Ardea intermedia) is a species of bird in the Ardeidae family.

Subspecific information 3 subspecies

  • Ardea intermedia intermedia (Japan to s India and Greater Sundas)
  • Ardea intermedia brachyrhyncha (Africa south of the Sahara)
  • Ardea intermedia plumifera (e Indonesia, New Guinea, Australia)

Foreign names

  • Héron intermédiaire,
  • Garceta intermedia,
  • garça-branca-intermédia,
  • Mittelreiher,
  • középkócsag,
  • Middelste Zilverreiger,
  • Airone bianco intermedio,
  • mellanhäger,
  • Duskhegre,
  • volavka prostredná,
  • volavka prostřední,
  • Mellemhejre,
  • pikkujalohaikara,
  • Geelbekwitreier,
  • martinet intermedi,
  • Hríshegri,
  • czapla czarnonoga,
  • vidējais gārnis,
  • srednja bela čaplja,
  • Средняя белая цапля,
  • Kuntul perak,
  • チュウサギ,
  • 中白鹭,
  • นกยางโทนน้อย,
  • 藍嘴黑頂鷺,

Voice song and cries

Héron intermédiaire

Habitat

Héron intermédiaire
adult

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level, Subtropical/Tropical Swamp

; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha), Permanent Inland Deltas, Seasonal/Intermittent Saline, Brackish or alkaline Lakes and Flats, Permanent Saline, Brackish or alkaline Marshes/Pools ; Marine Neritic : Estuaries ; Marine Intertidal : Mud Flats and Salt Flats, Salt Marshes (Emergent Grasses) ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Coastal Brackish/Saline Lagoons/Marine Lakes, Coastal Freshwater Lakes ; Artificial/Aquatic and Marine : Ponds (below 8ha), Irrigated Land (includes irrigation channels), Seasonally Flooded Agricultural 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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published: - Updated: 24-01-2010
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