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Egretta intermedia (Wagler, 1829) 
AphiaID: 212662

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Aves (Class) > Ciconiiformes (Order) > Ardeidae (Family) > Egretta (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Egretta Brisson, 1760
Sources  basis of record: Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London. [details]

basis of record: Zimmerman, D.A., D.A. Turner & D.J. Pearson (1996). Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania, Russel Friedman Books, Halfway House, South Africa. [details]

additional source: Worthy, T. (2009). Aves (Chordata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
Dutch middelste zilverreiger  [details]
English intermediate egret  [details]
English yellow-billed egret  [details]
French héron intermédiaire  [details]
German Mittelreiher  [details]
Italian garzetta intermedia  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh
Distribution Eritrea [details]
Kenya [details]
Mozambique [details]
New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Somalia [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Tanzania [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (13 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (44 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To ITIS
Note  Description: Length: 61-69 cm. Plumage: white; long plumes on back and breast when breeding. Immature like non-breeding adult. Bare parts: iris yellow, ruby red in breeding bird; lores and eye-ring yellow, green in breeding bird; bill deep yellow, red with orange tip in breeding birds; feet and legs black except tarsi which are red when breeding and yellow when not breeding. Habitat: edges of estuaries, lagoons and inland waters. <388><393><391> [details]
Image 
Egretta intermedia
Egretta intermedia
added on 2012-02-05 - author: VLIZ Collection
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2013-05-31 08:50:32
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212662
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1998-07-17 10:53:12Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
1998-09-25 09:27:15Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2011-04-08 06:18:06Z  checked  Adriaens, Peter
  
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  Citation: Adriaens, P. (2013). Egretta intermedia (Wagler, 1829). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212662 on 2013-06-20
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