Pacific Reef-Heron Egretta sacra Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (36)
- Subspecies (2)
Albert Martínez-Vilalta, Anna Motis, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 30, 2015
Text last updated January 30, 2015
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Източна рифова чапла |
| Catalan | martinet sagrat |
| Chinese | 岩鷺 |
| Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 岩鷺 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 岩鹭 |
| Czech | volavka pobřežní |
| Danish | Østlig Revhejre |
| Dutch | Rifreiger |
| English | Pacific Reef-Heron |
| English (Australia) | Eastern Reef Egret |
| English (Bangladesh) | Pacific Reef-Heron (Pacific Reef-Egret) |
| English (Hong Kong SAR China) | Pacific Reef Heron |
| English (India) | Pacific Reef-Heron (Pacific Reef-Egret) |
| English (New Zealand) | Reef Heron |
| English (United States) | Pacific Reef-Heron |
| Finnish | korallihaikara |
| French | Aigrette sacrée |
| French (France) | Aigrette sacrée |
| German | Riffreiher |
| Icelandic | Rifhegri |
| Indonesian | Kuntul karang |
| Japanese | クロサギ |
| Korean | 흑로 |
| Norwegian | sothegre |
| Polish | czapla czczona |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Garça-dos-recifes-oriental |
| Russian | Восточная рифовая цапля |
| Serbian | Pacifička čaplja |
| Slovak | volavka posvätná |
| Spanish | Garceta de Arrecife |
| Spanish (Chile) | Garza de los arrecifes |
| Spanish (Spain) | Garceta de arrecife |
| Swedish | korallhäger |
| Thai | นกยางทะเล |
| Turkish | Pasifik Kıyı Balıkçılı |
| Ukrainian | Чепура тихоокеанська |
Egretta sacra (Gmelin, 1789)
PROTONYM:
Ardea sacra
Gmelin, 1789. Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I. Pars II 1 pt2, p.640.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Tahiti.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- EGRETTA
- egretta
- sacra
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Pacific Reef-Heron
