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Egretta rufescens

(Dickey's egret)

Overview

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Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in Czech:

Volavka Cervenav

Common Names in Danish:

Rusthejre

Common Names in Dutch:

Roodhalsreiger

Common Names in English:

Dickey's egret, reddish egret, Reddish Heron

Common Names in Estonian:

Tantsuhaigur

Common Names in Finnish:

Klovnihaikara

Common Names in French:

Aigrette Rouss, Aigrette rouss‚tre

Common Names in German:

Blaufu, Rötelreiher

Common Names in Haitian Creole French:

Krabye T

Common Names in Italian:

Egretta Rossiccia, Garzetta Rugginosa

Common Names in Japanese:

Akakurosagi, アカクロサギ

Common Names in Latin:

Ardea rufa

Common Names in Lithuanian:

Rudakaklis Garnys

Common Names in Polish:

Czapla Rdzawoszyja

Common Names in Spanish:

Garceta rojiza

Common Names in Spanish (Costa Rica):

Garceta Rojiza

Common Names in Spanish (Cuba):

Garza Morada

Common Names in Spanish (Dominican Republic):

Garza Rojiza

Common Names in Spanish (Honduras):

Garza Rojiza

Common Names in Spanish (Mexico):

Garceta Rojiza

Common Names in Spanish (Nicaragua):

Garceta Rojiza

Common Names in Swedish:

Rosth

Common Names in unspecified:

Reddish Egret

Description

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Physical Description

Adult Dark Morph : Head : rufous Face : Facial Skin : dark blue Bill: pink with black tip Neck: rufous Body: gray Legs : Leg Color: dark blue.Adult White Morph: Head: white Face: Facial Skin: dark blue Bill: pink with black tip Neck: white Body: white Legs: Leg Color: dark blue.

Taxonomy

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Synonyms

Egretta rufescens (J. F. Gmelin, 1789)

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Egretta

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 30 species and subspecies in this genus:

E. alba (Great White Egret) · E. ardesiaca (Black Egret) · E. caerulea (Little Blue Heron) · E. caerulea caerulea (Little Blue Heron) · E. dimorpha (Madagascar Heron) · E. eulophotes (Swinhoe's Egret) · E. garzetta (Little Egret) · E. garzetta garzetta (Little Egret) · E. garzetta nigripes (Little Egret) · E. gularis (Western Reef Egret) · E. gularis gularis (African Reef Heron) · E. ibis (Cattle Egret) · E. ibis ibis (Cattle Egret) · E. intermedia (Yellow-Billed Egret) · E. intermedia intermedia (Yellow-Billed Egret) · E. novaehollandiae (White-Faced Egret) · E. novaehollandiae novaehollandiae (White-Faced Heron) · E. picata (Pied Heron) · (Dickey's Egret) · E. rufescens dickeyi (Dickey's Egret) · E. rufescens rufescens (Dickey's Egret) · E. sacra (Eastern Reef Egret) · E. sacra sacra (Eastern Reef Egret) · E. thula (Little White Egret) · E. thula brewsteri (Snowy Egret) · E. thula thula (Snowy Egret) · E. tricolor (Tricoloured Heron) · E. tricolor ruficollis (Louisiana Heron) · E. tricolor tricolor (Tricoloured Heron) · E. vinaceigula (Brown-Throaded Heron)

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Notes

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Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 12, 2008:

Identifiers

Last Revised: 7/14/2012