Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Herons, Egrets and Bitterns :: Intermediate Egret

Intermediate Egret Egretta intermedia

Described by: Wagler (1829)
Alternate common name(s): Yellow-billed Egret, Plumed Egret, Smaller Egret, Lesser Egret, Median Egret
Old scientific name(s): Mesophoyx intermedia

Photographs

Saly, Senegal - Feb 17, 2004 © Alain Fossé  Saly, Senegal - Feb 17, 2004 © Alain Fossé  Naze, Amami Island, Japan - Nov, 1998 © Allen Chartier  Grafton, New South Wales, Australia - 1973 © Hans&Judy Beste  Ulmarra, New South Wales, Australia - 1973 © Hans&Judy Beste 
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Range

Africa s. of the Sahara; S. Asia and Japan; E. Australia;
Fragmented distribution with ca. four main populations;
(1) S. Mauritania, Senegambia, s. Mali, Nigeria, s. Chad (Lake Chad area), Congo, n. and se. Zaire, c. Sudan s. to Ethiopia, Kenya (breeds regularly at Garsen and Kisumu, occasionally in Rift Valley), Uganda, Rwanda, Zambia, se. Angola, Zambia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa (Transvaal, Orange Free State, Natal, s. and e. Cape Province). Recorded in Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, Burkina Faso, s. Niger, Eritrea, ex. s. Somalia, n. Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, Burundi, Tanzania, Malawi, n. and se. Namibia and Mozambique.
(2) Moluccas, New Guinea, n., e. and se. Australia (ne. Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and e. South Australia.
(3) Pakistan, Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Burma, Thailand, Andaman Is. and Nicobar Is., s. and e. China (s. of the Yangtze River and Hainan Is.), c. Korea, s. Japan (Honshu, Shikoku), Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Sulawesi and the Philippines.

Videos

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Sounds

Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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