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Pacific Reef Heron
Egretta sacra · Family Ardeidae
Egretta sacra
Family Ardeidae
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- Family
- Ardeidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 151,586
- Countries and territories with records
- 51
About this species
This species has 151,586 occurrence records from 51 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Australia (44.6%), Taiwan (13.6%), Thailand (6.2%), New Zealand (4.6%) and Indonesia (3.9%); together they account for 72.9% of the total. In Australia, this species accounts for 0.062% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Egretta sacra combines the genus name Egretta with the species epithet sacra. The Warbla app catalog lists 10 species of the genus Egretta; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Egretta thula, Egretta garzetta and Egretta caerulea.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 48 species of the family Ardeidae. This species ranks 25th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Ardea herodias. Its record count is 10.8% of the family average (1,400,081). The family Ardeidae belongs to the order Pelecaniformes, which has 92 species in the Warbla app catalog.