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

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

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Habitat

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