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Pacific Reef-Heron*
Dark morph seen here...others
are entirely white.
Egretta sacra
(L 22.4-26.0" WS 35.4-43.3"
Wt 14.1 oz)
Cairns
Esplanade
25Oct2015
*aka Eastern Reef Egret
Egretta is from French for egret;
sacra is Latin for the sacred, holy
- this bird is considered sacred by
Tahita natives.
© Matthias
Feuersenger
xeno-canto
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