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Zealand, the Pacific reef heron has the conservation status of "Nationally endangered". It has been classified as "Regionally Critical" in the
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1547:SeaLifeBase
1410:iNaturalist
1268:Wikispecies
1140:Ardea sacra
932:Ardea sacra
917:(1): 25–58.
802:28 November
784:Gill, Frank
761:Forster, T.
741:Mayr, Ernst
685:12 November
616:, Australia
548:and worms.
542:crustaceans
508:New Zealand
428:Description
392:E. s. sacra
338:New Zealand
289:John Latham
285:Ardea sacra
38:Dark morph
1636:Categories
1605:Q109563118
1573:Xeno-canto
1477:reef-heron
1036:30 January
1001:Micronesia
641:References
614:Mooloolaba
577:Dark morph
462:Micronesia
435:dimorphism
420:including
416:, 1859) –
385:subspecies
350:matuku tai
854:. Raupō.
630:Coral Bay
512:Northland
482:Polynesia
451:Australia
356:in Fiji,
174:Species:
112:Kingdom:
106:Eukaryota
1599:Wikidata
1454:22696980
1428:10940140
1327:22696980
1322:BirdLife
1253:Wikidata
1149:Notornis
1119:Notornis
1097:11607357
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911:Notornis
763:(1817).
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595:Thailand
546:molluscs
523:Breeding
414:Gray, GR
329:is from
319:aigrette
313:for the
249:Taxonomy
156:Ardeidae
152:Family:
126:Chordata
122:Phylum:
116:Animalia
102:Domain:
79:IUCN 3.1
1647:Egretta
1619:4352343
1402:2480899
1376:pacreh1
1350:pacreh1
1259:Q392232
1065:Bibcode
564:Gallery
360:in the
342:kākatai
302:Egretta
243:Oceania
208:, 1789)
167:Egretta
162:Genus:
142:Order:
132:Class:
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1565:446493
1552:166777
1539:370678
1513:446493
1484:NZOR:
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1467:887049
1441:174825
1384:EURING
1309:ARKive
1200:29 May
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591:Ko Tao
502:Rotuma
492:, and
476:, and
468:, the
376:, and
366:motuku
364:, and
358:matu'u
323:aigron
206:Gmelin
1560:WoRMS
1526:55044
1500:73457
1423:IRMNG
1371:eBird
1363:6DYRF
1347:BOW:
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1173:(PDF)
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1088:45761
1023:(PDF)
982:S2CID
937:(PDF)
907:(PDF)
494:Tonga
478:Palau
374:Tonga
334:sacer
331:Latin
327:sacra
277:Ardea
273:genus
235:heron
1614:GBIF
1508:OBIS
1462:NCBI
1449:IUCN
1436:ITIS
1415:4947
1397:GBIF
1389:1170
1202:2021
1093:PMID
1038:2020
945:ISBN
856:ISBN
831:ISBN
804:2022
687:2021
670:2018
538:fish
498:Niue
486:Fiji
466:Guam
383:Two
370:Niue
354:belō
348:and
241:and
239:Asia
215:The
136:Aves
1358:CoL
1296:AFD
1283:ADW
1083:PMC
1073:doi
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