Record details

:   13506
Province:  
Country:   Tanzania
Locus:   0639BC
Observer:   Brown Gary
Date of record:   2014-12-30
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   2190
Species name:   Egretta gularis
Common name:   Western Reef Heron (Egret) -- Westelike Kusreier
Family:   Ardeidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-13506
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
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Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Colin Summersgill
Comment:   Looking at the legs, looks like Dimorphic Egret (Egretta dimorpha), though Western Reef Heron (Egretta gularis) is also possible. Have followed IOC 4.4, some authorities list dimorpha as a subsp. of Little Egret (Egretta garzetta), others as E. gularis dimorpha.
Date:   2015-01-02 09:18:45
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Colin Jackson
Comment:   Bill longer and stronger than for Dimorphic. Too much yellow on legs (which also relatively long).
Date:   2017-07-16 05:46:01
Species name:   Egretta gularis -- Western Reef Heron (Egret); Westelike Kusreier
Species code:   2190

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