Herons (Ardeidae)
Eastern Reef-egret (Egretta sacra) - HBW 1, p. 412
French: Aigrette sacrée
German: Riffreiher
Spanish: Garceta de Arrecife
Other common names: Pacific Reef egret/Reef heron
Taxonomy: Ardea sacra Gmelin, 1789, Tahiti.
Sometimes placed in genus Demigretta. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- sacra (Gmelin, 1789) - coastal SE Asia to Japan, Indonesia, Philippines, SW & S Pacific, Australia, New Zealand.
- albolineata (G. R. Gray, 1859) - New Caledonia, Loyalty Is.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Exploring sea rocks Locality Langkawi, Kedah, Peninsular Malaysia (ssp sacra)
Juan Sanabria 1 August 2010 1 year ago 37 sec 4.2 -
A bird, then two, foraging at the seashore Locality Tangkoko National Park, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi (ssp sacra)
Josep del Hoyo 8 August 2007 4 years ago 50 sec 4.2 -
bird on sea rocks Locality Langkawi, Kedah, Peninsular Malaysia (ssp sacra)
Juan Sanabria 1 August 2010 1 year ago 47 sec 4 -
grey morph fishing Locality Modhva, Kutch District, Gujarat, India (ssp sacra)
Martin Kennewell 13 December 2009 1 year ago 27 sec 4 -
A bird at the seashore, looking for food and shaking the plumage Locality Tangkoko National Park, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi (ssp sacra)
Josep del Hoyo 8 August 2007 4 years ago 35 sec 4 -
A dark morph individual walking along a creek Locality Cairns Esplenade, Cairns, Queensland, Australia (ssp sacra)
Keith Blomerley 10 November 2003 4 years ago 14 sec 3.8
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In Flight on the beach.
Locality Southern Thailand, Thailand (ssp sacra)
Stan Mansfield 1 January 2011 1 year ago 4 -
Preening
Locality Lamma Island, Hong Kong (ssp sacra)
Bob Thompson 10 July 2007 3 years ago 4 -
Adult bird in Ouvéa, Loyalty Islands
Locality Ouvéa Island, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia (ssp albolineata)
AUGER Benjamin 4 August 2011 4 weeks ago 3.3 -
An individual foraging at the mouth of a small creek that enters the ocean.
Locality Hallett Cove, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia (ssp sacra)
Edward Smith 15 April 2010 47 weeks ago 3.3 -
Perched on a boulder
Locality Dundee Beach, Northern Territory, Australia (ssp sacra)
Peter Strauss 29 June 2010 48 weeks ago 3.2 -
A bird in the water, walking.
Locality Koh Ngai (Koh Hai), Southern Thailand, Thailand (ssp sacra)
Guy Poisson 7 February 2008 1 year ago 3
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