Reddish Egret

Egretta rufescens - Aigrette roussâtre

Aigrette roussâtre
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Pelecaniformes

  • Family
    :

    Ardéidés

  • Genus
    :

    Egretta

  • Species
    :

    rufescens

Descriptor

Gmelin, JF, 1789

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 81 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 115 cm.
  • Weight
    : 700 à 850 g
Longevity

12 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Aigrette roussâtre
adult plum. breeding
Aigrette roussâtre
adult

Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens) is a species of bird in the Ardeidae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

  • Egretta rufescens rufescens (s USA, West Indies, Mexico)
  • Egretta rufescens dickeyi (Baja California. Mexico.)

Foreign names

  • Aigrette roussâtre,
  • Garceta rojiza,
  • garça-avermelhada,
  • Rötelreiher,
  • vörhenyes kócsag,
  • Roodhalsreiger,
  • Garzetta rossastra,
  • rosthäger,
  • Dansehegre,
  • volavka strapatá,
  • volavka červenavá,
  • Rusthejre,
  • klovnihaikara,
  • martinet rogenc,
  • czapla rdzawoszyja,
  • rudkakla gārnis,
  • Голубоногая цапля,
  • アカクロサギ,
  • 棕颈鹭,
  • rosthäger,
  • 棕頸鷺,

Voice song and call

Aigrette roussâtre
adult plum. breeding

Habitat

Aigrette roussâtre
adult

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level ; 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

Other sources of interest

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