Western Reef-Heron Egretta gularis Scientific name definitions
- Names (46)
- Subspecies (2)
Josep del Hoyo, Nigel Collar, Guy M. Kirwan, and Nárgila Moura
Version: 1.1 — Published April 9, 2020
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Westelike Kusreier |
| Arabic | بلشون الصخر |
| Asturian | Garcina dimorfa |
| Basque | Uharri-koartzatxoa |
| Bulgarian | Рифова чапла |
| Catalan | martinet dels esculls |
| Croatian | obalna čaplja |
| Czech | volavka přímořská |
| Danish | Revhejre |
| Dutch | Kustreiger |
| English | Western Reef-Heron |
| English (Australia) | Western Reef Egret |
| English (India) | Western Reef-Heron (Western Reef-Egret) |
| English (Kenya) | Western Reef Heron |
| English (United Arab Emirates) | Western Reef Heron |
| English (United States) | Western Reef-Heron |
| Finnish | riuttahaikara |
| French | Aigrette à gorge blanche |
| French (France) | Aigrette à gorge blanche |
| Galician | Garzota dos arrecifes |
| German | Küstenreiher |
| Greek | Θαλασσοτσικνιάς |
| Hebrew | לבנית ים-סוף |
| Hungarian | Zátonykócsag |
| Icelandic | Kóralhegri |
| Italian | Airone schistaceo |
| Japanese | アフリカクロサギ |
| Lithuanian | Rifinis garnys |
| Malayalam | തിരമുണ്ടി |
| Marathi | सागरी बगळा |
| Norwegian | strandhegre |
| Persian | اگرت ساحلی |
| Polish | czapla rafowa |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | garça-negra |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Garça-dos-recifes-ocidental |
| Romanian | Egretă de recif |
| Russian | Западная рифовая цапля |
| Serbian | Mala crna čaplja |
| Slovak | volavka pobrežná |
| Slovenian | Obalna čaplja |
| Spanish | Garceta Dimorfa |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Garceta Dimorfa |
| Spanish (Spain) | Garceta dimorfa |
| Swedish | revhäger |
| Turkish | Kıyı Balıkçılı |
| Ukrainian | Чапля рифова |
Egretta gularis (Bosc, 1792)
PROTONYM:
Ardea gularis
Bosc, 1792. Actes de la Socie_té d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris 1, pt.1, p.4 pl.2.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Senegal River.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- EGRETTA
- egretta
- gulare / gularis
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‡: extinct
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Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
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TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Distribution of the Western Reef-Heron
