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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A dark phase bird foraging. Locality Lake Tabourie, New South Wales, Australia (ssp sacra)
Stephen Wallace 7 February 2012 1 year ago 42 sec 4.7 -
A bird standing and walking on coastal rocks. Locality Vunisea, Kadavu, Fiji (ssp sacra)
Josep del Hoyo 22 August 2012 28 weeks ago 31 sec 4.6 -
A bird, then two, foraging at the seashore Locality Tangkoko National Park, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi (ssp sacra)
Josep del Hoyo 8 August 2007 5 years ago 50 sec 4.4 -
Exploring sea rocks Locality Langkawi, Kedah, Peninsular Malaysia (ssp sacra)
Juan Sanabria 1 August 2010 2 years ago 37 sec 4.3 -
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 5 years ago 35 sec 4.3 -
bird on sea rocks Locality Langkawi, Kedah, Peninsular Malaysia (ssp sacra)
Juan Sanabria 1 August 2010 2 years ago 47 sec 4.2 -
A bird on rocks at the edge of the sea. Locality Vunisea, Kadavu, Fiji (ssp sacra)
Josep del Hoyo 22 August 2012 28 weeks ago 41 sec 4 -
grey morph fishing Locality Modhva, Kutch District, Gujarat, India (ssp sacra)
Martin Kennewell 13 December 2009 3 years ago 27 sec 4 -
A dark morph individual walking along a creek Locality Cairns Esplenade, Cairns, Queensland, Australia (ssp sacra)
Keith Blomerley 10 November 2003 5 years ago 14 sec 3.8 -
A bird in black morph on a rock and flying away Locality Mooloolabah, Queensland, Australia (ssp sacra)
Tom Tarrant 29 February 1996 8 years ago 31 sec 3.8 -
Juvenile / first winter feeding in the surf and on the shoreline Locality Krabi, Southern Thailand, Thailand (ssp sacra)
Greg Baker 19 November 2000 2 years ago 49 sec 3.8 -
A bird on sea rocks Locality Langkawi, Kedah, Peninsular Malaysia (ssp sacra)
Juan Sanabria 1 August 2010 2 years ago 42 sec 3.8 -
A bird foraging on a beach, trying to fish at daybreak. Locality Vunisea, Kadavu, Fiji (ssp sacra)
Josep del Hoyo 22 August 2012 28 weeks ago 51 sec 3.7 -
exploring sea rocks Locality Langkawi, Kedah, Peninsular Malaysia (ssp sacra)
Juan Sanabria 1 August 2010 2 years ago 40 sec 3.5 -
A bird in the water. Locality Narra, Palawan, Philippines (ssp sacra)
Daniêl Jimenez 2 March 2008 4 years ago 27 sec 3.5 -
Four birds of black and white morphs on rocks on the water Locality Tangkoko National Park, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi (ssp sacra)
Cagan H Sekercioglu 22 October 2005 6 years ago 20 sec 3.5 -
Brief view of an individual on a beach and flying away. Locality Euaiki Island, Vava'u Group, Tonga (ssp sacra)
Josep del Hoyo 2 September 2012 27 weeks ago 10 sec 3.4 -
A bird on the sea shore Locality Langkawi, Kedah, Peninsular Malaysia (ssp sacra)
Juan Sanabria 1 August 2010 2 years ago 19 sec 3.4 -
A dark morph individual fishing Locality Borneo (ssp sacra)
John Gregory 31 July 2004 5 years ago 16 sec 3.4 -
A bird in white morph on a rock Locality Mooloolabah, Queensland, Australia (ssp sacra)
Tom Tarrant 29 February 1996 8 years ago 29 sec 3.4 -
A bird of the dark morph flying fast close to the sea. Locality Anggarmasa, Tanimbar Islands, Lesser Sundas (ssp sacra)
Josep del Hoyo 1 November 2011 1 year ago 16 sec 3.3 -
Bird fishing off rocks in rain Locality Po Toi Island, Po Toi islands, Hong Kong (ssp sacra)
Desmond Allen 24 May 2009 20 weeks ago 19 sec 3.3 -
A dark morph bird fishing on sea shore Locality Lady Elliot Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia (ssp sacra)
Peter Nash 26 October 2006 6 years ago 57 sec 3.2 -
Two birds of the dark morph and one of the white one on a beach. Locality Anggarmasa, Tanimbar Islands, Lesser Sundas (ssp sacra)
Josep del Hoyo 1 November 2011 1 year ago 18 sec 3 -
A bird of the white morph flying fast close to the sea. Locality Anggarmasa, Tanimbar Islands, Lesser Sundas (ssp sacra)
Josep del Hoyo 1 November 2011 1 year ago 13 sec 3 -
A group of birds of both, black and white, morphs on the beach and flying away. Locality Anggarmasa, Tanimbar Islands, Lesser Sundas (ssp sacra)
Josep del Hoyo 1 November 2011 1 year ago 15 sec 3 -
A bird of the dark morph flying and landing in a tree and then flying away again. Locality Betikama, Guadalcanal Island, Guadalcanal Province, Solomon Islands (ssp sacra)
Josep del Hoyo 3 October 2010 2 years ago 29 sec 3 -
A dark morph bird hunting and feeding in water at low tide Locality Aroha Island, Northland Region, North Island, New Zealand (ssp sacra)
Brooke Clibbon 12 December 2005 6 years ago 34 sec 3 -
Two birds, one of them haunting for food. Locality Prachuap Khiri Khan Province, Western Thailand, Thailand (ssp sacra)
Yoel Jimenez 10 March 2008 3 years ago 1 min 5 sec 2.8 -
A dark morph bird flying from one low tide feeding area to another Locality Aroha Island, Northland Region, North Island, New Zealand (ssp sacra)
Brooke Clibbon 12 December 2005 6 years ago 20 sec 2.7
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