Species profile
Pacific reef-egret
Egretta sacra
Quick answer
Local name Man Sorom (Sansundi). Range E. s. sacra Biak, Supiori, Owi, Numfor, Yapen. Status Resident? Infrequently recorded. Collected only by Ripley (Mayr & Meyer de Schauensee 1939). Several observers, including KDB, have noted dark morphs on the south coast of Biak and Supiori. In January 1997 SvB saw one white morph on the south coast and one dark morph on the north coast of Biak. 13 January 1994: ten on Owi (P. Gregory in litt. 2000).
- Scientific name
- Egretta sacra
- Family
- Ardeidae
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- Genus
- Egretta
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
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