Herons, Bitterns
Western Reef Heron
Egretta gularis
The Western Reef Heron (Egretta gularis) is a 312 g coastal bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. Some populations migrate.
- Family
- Herons, Bitterns
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- Weight
- 312 g
- Habitat
- Coastal
- Diet
- Invertebrates
- Migration
- Partial migrant
- Countries recorded
- 36
Recorded in India, United Arab Emirates, Gambia, Oman, Senegal, Israel, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Ghana, Iran, Sao Tome and Principe, Qatar, Bahrain, Spain, Guinea-Bissau, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Djibouti, Côte d'Ivoire, Yemen, France, Cabo Verde, Eq. Guinea, United States, Mauritania, Nigeria, Cameroon, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Benin, Italy, Gabon, Liberia, Kenya, Ethiopia.
Where to see it: Conakry · Port (Guinea); BH-Ar Rifa wa al Mintaqah al Janubiyah-Road 9925 (25,8490,50,6171) (Bahrain); Dohat Arad Lagoon (Mangrove Bay) (Bahrain); Qalansiyah (Yemen); Wadi Sirhan (Yemen).
Photo: (c) Chris Quirin, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist