Dimorphic or Western Reef-Egret
Egretta [gularis or dimorpha] (= Egretta gularis) (Bosc, 1792)
The Western Reef Heron (Egretta gularis) also called the Western Reef Egret, is a medium-sized heron found in southern Europe, Africa and parts of Asia. It has a mainly coastal distribution and occurs in two plumage forms, a slaty-gray plumage in which it can only be confused with the rather uncommon dark morph of the Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) and a white form which can look very similar to the Little Egret although the bill tends to be paler and larger. There are also differences in size, structure and foraging behaviour. There have been suggestions that the species hybridizes with the Little Egret, and based on this, some authors treat schistacea and gularis as subspecies of Egretta garzetta. Works that consider the Western Reef Heron as a valid species include the nominate gularis and schistacea as subspecies. Source: Wikipedia
Order:
Pelecaniformes
Family:
Ardeidae
Genus:
Egretta
Scientific:
Egretta gularis
Citation:
(Bosc, 1792)
Reference:
ActesSoc.Hist.Nat.Paris p.4 pl.2
Protonym:
Ardea gularis
Avibase ID:
2007348D400F8102
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/2007348D
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 174822
Geographic range:
- Egretta dimorpha: Madagascar, Aldabra and Assumption I.
- Egretta gularis gularis: Coastal w Africa to Gulf of Guinea islands and Gabon
- Egretta gularis schistacea: Coastal e Africa to Red Sea, Persian Gulf and se India
Dimorphic or Western Reef-Egret
French:
Aigrette à gorge blanche ou A. dimorphe
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Dimorphic or Western Reef-Egret ( Egretta [gularis or dimorpha]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Reef Egret ( Egretta [gularis or dimorpha]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Reef Egret ( Egretta [gularis or dimorpha]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Reef Egret ( Egretta [gularis or dimorpha]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Reef Egret ( Egretta [gularis or dimorpha]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Reef Egret ( Egretta [gularis or dimorpha]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Dimorphic or Western Reef-Egret ( Egretta [gularis or dimorpha]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Dimorphic or Western Reef-Egret ( Egretta [gularis or dimorpha]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Dimorphic or Western Reef-Egret ( Egretta [gularis or dimorpha]) |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Western Reef-egret ( Egretta gularis) [version 2] |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Western Reef-egret ( Egretta gularis) [version 2] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Western Reef-egret ( Egretta gularis) [version 2] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Western Reef-egret ( Egretta gularis) [version 2] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Western Reef-egret ( Egretta gularis) [version 2] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Western Reef-egret ( Egretta gularis) [version 2] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Western Reef-egret ( Egretta gularis) [version 2] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Western Reef-egret ( Egretta gularis) [version 2] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Western Reef-egret ( Egretta gularis) [version 2] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Western Reef-egret ( Egretta gularis) [version 2] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Western Reef-egret ( Egretta gularis) [version 2] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Western Reef-egret ( Egretta gularis) [version 2] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Western Reef-egret ( Egretta gularis) [version 2] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: species (alt)
This taxon is a subspecies of
Egretta [garzetta, gularis or dimorpha]
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Other synonyms
Afrikaans: Westelike Kusreier
Arabic: الغرنوق الأسود
Bulgarian: Рифова чапла
Catalan: Martinet dels esculls
Catalan (Balears): Agró d'escull
Czech: volavka belolící
Danish: Revhejre
German: Küstenreiher
Maldivian: Bodu Raabondhi
Greek: Μαυροτσικνιάς
English: Dimorphic or Western Reef-Egret, Reef Egret, Reef Heron, Western Reef Heron, Western Reef-egret
Esperanto: Marborda egretardeo
Spanish: Garceta Dimorfa
Estonian: rand-siidhaigur
Basque: Martinet dels esculls
Finnish: riuttahaikara
French: Aigrette à gorge blanche, Aigrette à gorge blanche ou A. dimorphe
Galician: Garzota dos arrecifes
Hebrew: לבנית ים-סוף
Hungarian: Zátonykócsag
Icelandic: Kóralhegri
Italian: Airone schistaceo
Japanese (romaji): afurikakurosagi
Japanese: アフリカクロサギ
Scientific: Ardea gularis, Egretta [gularis or dimorpha], Egretta gularis, Egretta gularis gularis
Lithuanian: Krantinis garnys
Malayalam: തിരമുണ്ടി
Dutch: Westelijke Rifreiger
Norwegian: Strandhegre
Polish: czapla rafowa
Portuguese: Garça-dos-recifes
Portuguese (Brazil): Garça-negra
Russian: Цапля рифовая
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Batahira Pera Ali-koka
Slovak: volavka pobrežná
Slovenian: obalna čaplja
Serbian: afrička crna čaplja
Swedish: Kusthäger
Turkish: kıyı balıkçılı
Chinese: 黄喉岩鹭
Chinese (Traditional): 黃喉岩鷺
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