Species profile—Ardea alba modesta (eastern great egret)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Ardeidae (herons, egrets and bitterns) → Ardea alba modesta (eastern great egret)
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Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Aves (birds)
- Family
- Ardeidae (herons, egrets and bitterns)
- Scientific name
- Ardea alba modesta Linnaeus, 1758
- Common name
- eastern great egret
- WildNet taxon ID
- 1829
- Synonym(s)
- Ardea alba
Ardea modesta
Egretta alba - Alternate name(s)
- great egret
great egret (Australasian)
great white egret
white crane
white egret
large egret - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Conservation significant
- No
- Wetland status
- Wetland Indicator Species
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
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Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1829.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
