Species profile—Egretta sacra (eastern reef egret)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Ardeidae (herons, egrets and bitterns) → Egretta sacra (eastern reef egret)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Aves (birds)
- Family
- Ardeidae (herons, egrets and bitterns)
- Scientific name
- Egretta sacra (Gmelin, 1789)
- Common name
- eastern reef egret
- Type reference
- Gmelin, G.F. (1789). Systema Naturae, & c. Linneai, Caroli. Edito decima tertia, aucta reformata, cura J. F. Gmelin.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 1813
- Alternate name(s)
- white heron
Pacific reef-heron
Pacific reef heron
eastern reef heron
reef egret
white reef heron
sacred heron - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Conservation significant
- No
- Wetland status
- Wetland Indicator Species
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Marine & Terrestrial
Other resources
Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) Atlas of Living Australia
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1813
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
