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Pacific Reef Heron

Egretta sacra

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Australia.January 96, February 97, March 79, April 154, May 142, June 163, July 181, August 142, September 144, October 161, November 124, December 89.
Australia1,572
Queensland895
Thailand515
China267
Western Australia259
New South Wales244
Taiwan217
Malaysia175
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region155
Indonesia154

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassBirds · Aves
OrderPelicans, Herons, and Allies · Pelecaniformes
FamilyHerons, Egrets, and Bitterns · Ardeidae
GenusSmall Egrets and Herons · Egretta

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Practise Pacific Reef Heron with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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