Western Reef Heron / Egretta gularis
| Western Reef Heron bird information | Values |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | LC - Least concern |
| Synonyms | West African Reef Heron, Indian Reef Heron, West African Reef-Heron, Indian Reef-Egret, Western Reef Egret, Western Reef-Heron, West African Reef Egret, Western Reef-Egret, West African Reef-Egret, African Reef-Egret, Reef Heron |
| Old latin name for bird | Ardea gularis, Demigretta gularis |
| Order | Pelicans and relatives / Pelecaniformes |
| Family | Herons, Bitterns / Ardeidae |
| Genus | Egretta |
| Breeding region | Africa, Eurasia, Oriental Region |
| Breeding subregion | w AF, ne AF to w India and Sri Lanka |
Western Reef Heron bird sounds *
Paused...
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API
Related species
Dimorphic Egret
Black Heron
Pied Heron
Chinese Egret
Snowy Egret
White-faced Heron
Pacific Reef Heron
Little Blue Heron
Reddish Egret
Where to see Western Reef Heron
- Albania
- Algeria
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Australia
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Benin
- Brazil
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Cabo Verde
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands
- Comoros
- Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- France
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Greece
- Guadeloupe
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Hungary
- India
- Iran
- Iraq
- Israel
- Italy
- Jordan
- Kenya
- Kuwait
- Liberia
- Madagascar
- Maldives
- Mali
- Malta
- Mauritania
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Nigeria
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palestine, State of
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico
- Qatar
- Rwanda
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Uganda
- United Arab Emirates
- United States of America
- Virgin Islands (British)
- Western Sahara
- Yemen
- Zambia
Western Reef Heron subspecies (2)
| Subspecies | Breeding subregion | Nonbreeding subregion | Extinct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egretta gularis gularis | coastal w Africa | - | No |
| Egretta gularis schistacea | coastal ne Africa to w India and Sri Lanka | - | No |
Translation
| Language | Translation |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Westelike Kusreier |
| Arabic | بلشون الصخر, الغرنوق الأسود |
| Basque | Martinet dels esculls |
| Belarusian | Заходняя рыфавая чапля |
| Bengali | চিভা বরফগা |
| Breton | Herlegon jave gwenn |
| Bulgarian | Западна рифова чапла, Рифова чапла |
| Catalan | Agró d'escull, martinet dels esculls |
| Chinese | 西岩鹭, 黄喉岩鹭 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 黃喉岩鷺 |
| Croatian | Crna čaplja, obalna čaplja |
| Czech | Volavka západní, volavka přímořská, Volavka belolící |
| Danish | Vestlig Revhejre, Heron Revhejre, Revhejre |
| Dutch | Westelijke Rifreiger |
| Esperanto | Okcidenta rifegreto, Marborda egretardeo |
| Estonian | rand-siidhaigur |
| Finnish | Afrikansilkkihaikara, riuttahaikara, riuttahaikara (afrikansilkkihaikara) |
| French | Aigrette gorgeblanche, Aigrette à gorge blanche, Aigrette des récifs |
| Frisian | Kustreager |
| Galician | Martinet dels esculls, Garceta dos arrecifes, Garzota dos arrecifes |
| German | Küstenreiher, Meerreiher |
| Greek | Θαλασσοτσικνιάς, Μαυροτσικνιάς |
| Hebrew | לבנית ים־סוף, לבנית ים סוף, לבנית ים-סוף |
| Hungarian | zátonykócsag |
| Icelandic | Kóralhegri |
| Irish | Éigrit sceire iartharach |
| Italian | Garzetta gulare, Airone gulare, Airone schistaceo |
| Japanese | アフリカクロサギ |
| Latvian | rifu gārnis, krastu gārnis, rifu gārnis |
| Lithuanian | vakarinis rifinis garnys, Rifinis garnys, Krantinis garnys |
| Malayalam | തിരമുണ്ടി |
| Maltese | Agrett tax-Xatt |
| Marathi | सागरी बगळा |
| Northern Sami | Afrihkásilkeháigir |
| Norwegian | Strandhegre, strandhegre |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | Strandhegre |
| Persian | اگرت (حواصیل) ساحلی, اگرت ساحلی, اگرت (قار) ساحلی, اگرت ساحلی |
| Polish | czapla rafowa |
| Portuguese | garça-negra, Garça-dos-recifes, garça-dos-recifes, garça-negra / garça-dos-recifes, garça-dos-recifes-ocidental |
| Romanian | Egretă de recif |
| Russian | Цапля рифовая, Западная рифовая цапля, Береговая цапля |
| Serbian | Mala crna čaplja, africka crna caplja, afrička crna čaplja |
| Slovak | volavka pobrežná |
| Slovenian | obalna čaplja |
| Spanish | Garceta Costera Occidental, Garceta dimorfa |
| Swedish | Kusthäger, revhäger |
| Turkish | Kıyı Balıkçılı |
| Ukrainian | Чепура рифова, чапля рифова |
| Welsh | Crëyr traethau gorllewinol |