WoRMS taxon details

Egretta intermedia (Wagler, 1829)

212662  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212662)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Length: 61-69 cm. Plumage: white; long plumes on back and breast when breeding. Immature like non-breeding adult. Bare...  
Description Length: 61-69 cm. Plumage: white; long plumes on back and breast when breeding. Immature like non-breeding adult. Bare parts: iris yellow, ruby red in breeding bird; lores and eye-ring yellow, green in breeding bird; bill deep yellow, red with orange tip in breeding birds; feet and legs black except tarsi which are red when breeding and yellow when not breeding. Habitat: edges of estuaries, lagoons and inland waters. <388><393><391> [details]
WoRMS (2024). Egretta intermedia (Wagler, 1829). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212662 on 2024-04-24
Date
action
by
1998-07-17 10:53:12Z
created
1998-09-25 09:27:15Z
changed
2011-04-08 06:18:06Z
checked

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context source (HKRMS) HKBWS. (2013). Hong Kong Bird Report 2011. <em>The Hong Kong Bird Watching Society.</em>  [details]   

context source (RAS) Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]   

basis of record Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. <em>Academic Press, London.</em>  [details]   

additional source Zimmerman, D. A.; Turner, D. A.; Pearson, D. J. (1996). Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania. <em>Russel Friedman Books, Halfway House, South Africa.</em>  [details]   

additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]   

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Description Length: 61-69 cm. Plumage: white; long plumes on back and breast when breeding. Immature like non-breeding adult. Bare parts: iris yellow, ruby red in breeding bird; lores and eye-ring yellow, green in breeding bird; bill deep yellow, red with orange tip in breeding birds; feet and legs black except tarsi which are red when breeding and yellow when not breeding. Habitat: edges of estuaries, lagoons and inland waters. <388><393><391> [details]
LanguageName 
Dutch middelste zilverreiger  [details]
English yellow-billed egretintermediate egret  [details]
French héron intermédiaire  [details]
German Mittelreiher  [details]
Italian garzetta intermedia  [details]