WoRMS taxon details
Egretta gularis (Bosc, 1792)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Length: 55-66 cm. Plumage: white or blackish with white chin; two long narrow plumes on occiput, scapular aigrettes and...
Description Length: 55-66 cm. Plumage: white or blackish with white chin; two long narrow plumes on occiput, scapular aigrettes and long lanceolate feathers on breast. Immature dark morph lighter grey than adult. Bare parts: iris pale yellow; facial skin yellow; bill heavy and deep and appears to droop, yellow, pinkish brown, horn brown, or brownish olive; feet and legs olive brown or dark olive in white morph, dark brown or brownish olive in dark morph. Habitat: coastal reefs, mangroves, estuaries, and creeks. <388><391> [details]
WoRMS (2024). Egretta gularis (Bosc, 1792). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212665 on 2024-04-27
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Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. <em>Academic Press, London.</em> [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From other sources
Description Length: 55-66 cm. Plumage: white or blackish with white chin; two long narrow plumes on occiput, scapular aigrettes and long lanceolate feathers on breast. Immature dark morph lighter grey than adult. Bare parts: iris pale yellow; facial skin yellow; bill heavy and deep and appears to droop, yellow, pinkish brown, horn brown, or brownish olive; feet and legs olive brown or dark olive in white morph, dark brown or brownish olive in dark morph. Habitat: coastal reefs, mangroves, estuaries, and creeks. <388><391> [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | Westelijke rifreiger | [details] |
| English | western reef-egretwestern reef heronwestern reef egret | [details] |
| French | aigrette à gorge blanche | [details] |
| German | Küstenreiher | [details] |
| Hebrew | לבנית ים-סוף | [details] |
| Lithuanian | rifinis garnys | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Θαλασσοτσικνιάς | [details] |
| Polish | czapla rafowa | [details] |
| Russian | береговая цапля | [details] |
| Slovenian | obalna čaplja | [details] |
| Spanish | garceta dimorfa | [details] |
| Turkish | kıyı balıkçılı | [details] |
