Wastren reef heron

Wastren reef heron
	Ras al Khor bird sanctuary, Dubai
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kinrick:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Cless:	Aves
Order:	Pelecaniformes
Faimily:	Ardeidae
Genus:	Egretta
Species:	E. gularis
Binomial name
	Egretta gularis; (Bosc, 1792)

The wastren reef heron (Egretta gularis) cried the wastren reef egret an aw, is a middlin-sisit heron foond in soothren Europe, Africae an pairts o Asie. It haes a mainly coastal distribution an occurs in several plumage fuirms: a slaty-grey plumage in which it can anerly be ramfeeselt wi the rather uncommon daurk morph o the little egret (Egretta garzetta); a white fuirm which can leuk very similar tae the little egret awtho the bill tends tae be paler an lairger an the black fuirm wi white throat E. g. gularis o Wast Africae. Thare are differences in size, structur an foragin behaviour an aw. Thare hae been suggestions that the species hybridizes wi the little egret, an based on this, some authors treat schistacea and gularis as subspecies o Egretta garzetta. Wirks that consider the wastren reef heron as a valid species include the nominate gularis an schistacea as subspecies.

References

↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Egretta gularis". IUCN Reid Leet o Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. Internaitional Union for Conservation o Naitur. Retrieved 26 November 2013. Cite has empty unkent parameter: |last-author-amp= (help)CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

Freemit airtins

IUCN Heron specialist group (treated under Egretta garzetta) Archived 2016-11-05 at the Wayback Machine
Sound recordings on Xeno-Canto

[1] BirdLife International (2012). "Egretta gularis". IUCN Reid Leet o Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. Internaitional Union for Conservation o Naitur. Retrieved 26 November 2013. Cite has empty unkent parameter: |last-author-amp= (help)CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

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