Species profile—Egretta sacra (eastern reef egret)
Classification
Animalia ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals ) (animals) → Aves ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=aves ) (birds) → Ardeidae ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=aves&family=ardeidae ) (herons, egrets and bitterns) → Egretta sacra (eastern reef egret)
Sighting data
- Download
- KML ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=1813&f=kml ) | CSV ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=1813&f=csv ) | GeoJson ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=1813 )
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=aves ) (animals)
- Class
- Aves ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=aves ) (birds)
- Family
- Ardeidae ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=aves&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 ( https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/components/biota/fauna/fauna-indicator-species/ )
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Marine & Terrestrial
Other resources
- Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) ( https://ozcam.ala.org.au/occurrences/search?taxa=Egretta%20sacra#tab_mapView )
- Atlas of Living Australia ( https://bie.ala.org.au/search?q=EGRETTA%2BSACRA )
Photo gallery
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( https://wildnet.itp.qld.gov.au/wws/images/13489?f=.jpg )Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API ( https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/qld-wildlife-data-api ) using the Get species by ID function ( https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/qld-wildlife-data-api/resource/d050bfcd-ad49-4776-9bdb-7d5fa8f94fe2 ) used under CC-By 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ).
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1813 ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1813 ).
This information is sourced from the WildNet platform ( https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/plants-animals/species-information/wildnet ) managed by the Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation.
