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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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| Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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Slaty Egret* |
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Egretta vinaceigula |
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Description (10)
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Slaty Egret
© juzaphoto.com
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Other Names (World)
Slaty Egret, Brown throated Egret, Red throated Egret
Family
Ardeidae (Herons)
Size
60 cm
First Described (Guide)
(Sharpe, 1895)
Botswana (B) (NB), Congo [The Democratic Republic of the] (NB), Mozambique (B) (NB), Namibia (B) (NB), South Africa (B) (NB), Zambia (NB), Zimbabwe (NB).
Vagrant to Malawi.
Unknown to Angola (NB).
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is 3,000 - 5,000 (2010) and decreasing.
Status VU
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Habits
Forages diurnally, often in association with other heron and wader species, usaully in groups of 4 - 8.
Food
Mainly young fish. In temporary wetlands where fish do not occur, frogs, aquatic invertebrates, tadpoles. Also snails, dragonflies and other insects.
Nest
A platform composed of sticks, the bowl lined with fine plant material. In small colonies of 1 - 60 nests.
Eggs (Guide)
1 - 4. Incubation: 22 - 24 days.
Subspecies
Formerly considered a color phase of Black Heron (Egretta ardesiaca).
No subspecies.
Similar Species
Shape and feeding behaviour similar to Little Egret (Egretta garzetta), but latter all white, Black Heron (Egretta ardesiaca) which is smaller, with yellow confined to toes, and lacks reddish foreneck and white throat. Slaty Egret (Egretta vinaceigula) never feeds by spreading wings over head like Black Heron (Egretta ardesiaca).
References
See References.
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Slaty Egret see...  BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
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