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The Pacific reef heron (Egretta sacra) belongs to the family of egrets and herons, the Ardeidae under the order Pelecaniformes.
Pacific reef heron taxonomy
The Ardeidae is the family of herons. The family Ardeidae was first described by William Elford Leach, MD, FRS (2 February 1791 – 25 August 1836), an English zoologist and marine biologist, in the year 1820.The family Ardeidae comprises three subfamilies, viz., Tigriornithinae, Botaurinae and Ardeinae. The subfamily Ardeinae contains eleven extant genera, including Egretta.
The genus Egretta (egrets and herons) was first introduced by Thomas Ignatius Maria Forster (9 November 1789 – 2 February 1860), an English astronomer and naturalist, in the year 1817.
The genus Egretta comprises twelve extant species, including Egretta sacra. This Egretta sacra heron species is polytypic.
This heron species was first described by Johann Friedrich Gmelin (8 August 1748 – 1 November 1804), a German naturalist, botanist, entomologist and herpetologist, in the year 1789.
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| Binomial name: | Egretta sacra |
| Species: | E. sacra |
| Genus: | Egretta |
| Subfamily: | - |
| Family: | Ardeidae |
| Order: | Pelecaniformes |
| Class: | Aves |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
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| 1.Pacific reef heron - Egretta sacra Image by Ron Knight |
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| 2.Pacific reef heron - Egretta sacra Image by Ron Knight |
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| 3.Pacific reef heron - Egretta sacra Image by Ron Knight |
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| 4.Pacific reef heron white morph - Egretta sacra Image by Glen Fergus |
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| 5.Pacific reef heron - Egretta sacra Image by Donald Hobern |
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| 6.Pacific reef heron - Egretta sacra Image by Glen Fergus |
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| 7.Pacific reef heron - Egretta sacra Image by 孫鋒 林 |
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| 8.Pacific reef heron - Egretta sacra Image by 孫鋒 林 |
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| 9.Pacific reef heron juvenile - Egretta sacra Image by Mehmet Karatay |
1.Pacific reef heron image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/sussexbirder/8080205381/ (cropped)
Author: Ron Knight | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 8/18/18
2.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/sussexbirder/8080199216/ (cropped)
Author: Ron Knight | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 8/18/18
3.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/sussexbirder/8080205843/ (cropped)
Author: Ron Knight | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 8/18/18
4.Image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Eastern_Reef_Egret.jpg (cropped)
Author: Glen Fergus | License: CC BY-SA 2.5 as on 8/18/18
5.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/dhobern/24305270139/ (cropped)
Author: Donald Hobern | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 8/18/18
6.Image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Eastern_Reef_Egret_-_dark_morph.jpg (cropped)
Author: Glen Fergus | License: CC BY-SA 2.5 as on 8/18/18
7.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/outdoor_birding/16896194398/ (cropped)
Author: 孫鋒 林 | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 8/18/18
8.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/outdoor_birding/16876565987 (cropped)
Author: 孫鋒 林 | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 8/18/18
9.Image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Juvenile_Reef_Egret.jpg (cropped)
Author: Mehmet Karatay | License: CC BY-SA 2.5 as on 8/18/18
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