Pacific Reef-Heron

Egretta sacra
Family
Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns
Order
Pelecaniformes
Codes
pacreh1, PREG, PARE, PARH, PRHE, REHE, EREG
Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderPelecaniformes
FamilyHerons, Egrets, and Bitterns (Ardeidae)
SpeciesEgretta sacra
Codespacreh1, PREG, PARE, PARH, PRHE, REHE, EREG
Identification

The Pacific Reef-Heron (Egretta sacra) is a member of the Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns family within the order Pelecaniformes. This species is classified in the eBird taxonomy maintained by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Use the eBird species code pacreh1 when logging sightings in eBird or other citizen science platforms.