Species profile—Ardea alba modesta (eastern great 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) → Ardea alba modesta (eastern great egret)
( https://wildnet.itp.qld.gov.au/wws/images/4441?f=.jpg )
Go to Photo gallery ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/details/?id=1829#imgGallery )
Sighting data
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- KML ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=1829&f=kml ) | CSV ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=1829&f=csv ) | GeoJson ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=1829 )
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
- 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 ( https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/components/biota/fauna/fauna-indicator-species/ )
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
Other resources
- Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) ( https://ozcam.ala.org.au/occurrences/search?taxa=Ardea%20alba%20modesta#tab_mapView )
- Atlas of Living Australia ( https://bie.ala.org.au/search?q=ARDEA%2BALBA%2BMODESTA )
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=1829 ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1829 ).
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.
