Western Reef Heron

Where and when it's recorded

Western Reef Heron has been recorded at 327 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 54 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

1. Eilat north beachIsrael1,563 records
2. Ra's al-Khor Wildlife Sanctuary – Mangrove HideUnited Arab Emirates1,366 records
3. International Birding and Research Center Eilat (IBRCE)Israel1,137 records

Countries and regions with the most records

IndiaIsraelUnited Arab EmiratesGambiaSenegalOmanKuwaitGhana

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The western reef heron (Egretta gularis), also called the western reef egret, is a medium-sized heron found in Africa and parts of Asia, with vagrancy occurring in Europe and the Americas. It has a mainly coastal distribution and occurs in several plumage forms: a slaty-grey plumage which can only be confused with the rather uncommon dark morph of the little egret (Egretta garzetta); a white form which can look very similar to the little egret, although the reef heron's bill tends to be paler and larger; and a black form with a white throat, E. g. gularis, found in West Africa.

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