Pied heron

Pied heron
At Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Ardeidae
Genus: Egretta
Species:
E. picata
Binomial name
Egretta picata
(Gould, 1845)[2]
Distribution. Green: year-round breeding, blue: nonbreeding.
Synonyms
  • Notophoyx aruensis
  • Ardea picata[3]

The pied heron (Egretta picata), also known as the pied egret[4] is a bird found in coastal and subcoastal areas of monsoonal northern Australia as well as some parts of Wallacea and New Guinea.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2019). "Egretta picata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T22697037A155512365. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22697037A155512365.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ BirdLife International (2008). "Ardea picata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 9 February 2009. Database entry includes justification for why the species is listed as least concern.
  3. ^ BirdLife International (2006) Species factsheet: Ardea picata. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=3727 on 25/02/2010
  4. ^ Pizzey, Graham; Knight, Frank (1997). Field Guide to the Birds of Australia. Sydney, Australia: HarperCollinsPublishers. p. 111. ISBN 0-207-18013-X.