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Egretta gularis



Taxonomy

Taxonomic source(s)
AERC TAC. 2003. AERC TAC Checklist of bird taxa occurring in Western Palearctic region, 15th Draft. Available at: http://www.aerc.eu/DOCS/Bird_taxa_of_the_WP15.xls.
Cramp, S.; Perrins, C. M. 1977-1994. Handbook of the birds of Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The birds of the western Palearctic. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
SACC. 2006. A classification of the bird species of South America. Available at: https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.htm.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history
Red List criteria met
Critically Endangered Endangered Vulnerable
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Red List history
Year Category Criteria
2016 Not Recognised
2014 Not Recognised
2012 Least Concern
2009 Least Concern
2008 Least Concern
2004 Least Concern
2000 Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994 Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988 Lower Risk/Least Concern
Species attributes

Migratory status unset Forest dependency unset
Land-mass type Average mass -
Range

Estimate Data quality
Severely fragmented? no -
Population
Estimate Data quality Derivation Year of estimate
Population size unknown - - -
Population trend - - -

Country/territory distribution
Country/Territory Presence Origin Resident Breeding visitor Non-breeding visitor Passage migrant
Antigua and Barbuda extant vagrant yes
Bahrain extant native yes yes
Barbados extant vagrant yes
Bulgaria extant vagrant yes
Burkina Faso extant native yes
Cameroon extant native yes
Cape Verde extant vagrant yes
Côte d'Ivoire extant native yes
Djibouti extant native yes
Dominica extant vagrant yes
Egypt extant native yes
Equatorial Guinea extant native yes
Eritrea extant native yes
Ethiopia extant vagrant yes
France extant vagrant yes
Gabon extant native yes
Gambia extant native yes
Ghana extant native yes
Greece extant vagrant yes
Guadeloupe (to France) extant vagrant yes
Guinea extant native yes
Guinea-Bissau extant native yes
India extant native yes
Iran, Islamic Republic of extant native yes
Iraq extant native yes
Israel extant native yes
Jordan extant native yes
Kenya extant native yes
Kuwait extant native yes
Liberia extant native yes
Mali extant native yes
Martinique (to France) extant vagrant yes
Mauritania extant native yes
Montserrat (to UK) extant vagrant yes
Morocco extant native yes
Nigeria extant native yes
Oman extant native yes yes
Pakistan extant native yes
Portugal extant vagrant yes
Puerto Rico (to USA) extant vagrant yes
Qatar extant native yes yes
Rwanda extant vagrant yes
São Tomé e Príncipe extant native yes
Saudi Arabia extant native yes
Senegal extant native yes
Sierra Leone extant native yes
Somalia extant native yes
South Africa extant vagrant yes
Spain extant vagrant yes
Sri Lanka extant native yes
St Kitts and Nevis extant vagrant yes
St Lucia extant vagrant yes
St Vincent and the Grenadines extant vagrant yes
Sudan extant native yes
Tanzania extant native yes
Togo extant native yes
Trinidad and Tobago extant vagrant yes
Uganda extant vagrant yes
United Arab Emirates extant native yes yes
USA extant native yes
Yemen extant native yes yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)
Country/Territory IBA Name
Bahrain Hawar Islands
Gambia Tanbi wetland complex
Ghana Densu Delta Ramsar Site and vicinity
Ghana Keta Lagoon Ramsar Site
Ghana Songor Ramsar Site
Guinea Konkouré
Guinea-Bissau Rio Mansôa and Gêba estuary
Iran, Islamic Republic of Khouran Straits
Oman Barr al Hikman
Oman Duqm
Oman Khawr Ghawi
Oman Masirah island
Saudi Arabia Gulf of Salwah
Saudi Arabia Jiddah south corniche and port
Saudi Arabia Tarut Bay
Yemen Aden

Habitats & altitude
Habitat (level 1) Habitat (level 2) Importance Occurrence
Altitude   Occasional altitudinal limits  

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Egretta gularis. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/egretta-gularis on 22/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 22/11/2024.