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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:
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]) |
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] |
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 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 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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