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1558:SeaLifeBase
1421:iNaturalist
1279:Wikispecies
1151:Ardea sacra
943:Ardea sacra
928:(1): 25–58.
813:28 November
795:Gill, Frank
772:Forster, T.
752:Mayr, Ernst
696:12 November
627:, Australia
559:and worms.
553:crustaceans
519:New Zealand
439:Description
403:E. s. sacra
349:New Zealand
300:John Latham
296:Ardea sacra
49:Dark morph
1647:Categories
1616:Q109563118
1584:Xeno-canto
1488:reef-heron
1047:30 January
1012:Micronesia
652:References
625:Mooloolaba
588:Dark morph
473:Micronesia
446:dimorphism
431:including
427:, 1859) –
396:subspecies
361:matuku tai
18:Reef Heron
865:. Raupō.
641:Coral Bay
523:Northland
493:Polynesia
462:Australia
367:in Fiji,
185:Species:
123:Kingdom:
117:Eukaryota
1610:Wikidata
1465:22696980
1439:10940140
1338:22696980
1333:BirdLife
1264:Wikidata
1160:Notornis
1130:Notornis
1108:11607357
997:73537024
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774:(1817).
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606:Thailand
557:molluscs
534:Breeding
425:Gray, GR
340:is from
330:aigrette
324:for the
260:Taxonomy
167:Ardeidae
163:Family:
137:Chordata
133:Phylum:
127:Animalia
113:Domain:
90:IUCN 3.1
1658:Egretta
1630:4352343
1413:2480899
1387:pacreh1
1361:pacreh1
1270:Q392232
1076:Bibcode
575:Gallery
371:in the
353:kākatai
313:Egretta
254:Oceania
219:, 1789)
178:Egretta
173:Genus:
153:Order:
143:Class:
88: (
1576:446493
1563:166777
1550:370678
1524:446493
1495:NZOR:
1485:NZBO:
1478:887049
1452:174825
1395:EURING
1320:ARKive
1211:29 May
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602:Ko Tao
513:Rotuma
503:, and
487:, and
479:, the
387:, and
377:motuku
375:, and
369:matu'u
334:aigron
217:Gmelin
1571:WoRMS
1537:55044
1511:73457
1434:IRMNG
1382:eBird
1374:6DYRF
1358:BOW:
1231:(PDF)
1184:(PDF)
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1126:(PDF)
1099:45761
1034:(PDF)
993:S2CID
948:(PDF)
918:(PDF)
505:Tonga
489:Palau
385:Tonga
345:sacer
342:Latin
338:sacra
288:Ardea
284:genus
246:heron
1625:GBIF
1519:OBIS
1473:NCBI
1460:IUCN
1447:ITIS
1426:4947
1408:GBIF
1400:1170
1213:2021
1104:PMID
1049:2020
956:ISBN
867:ISBN
842:ISBN
815:2022
698:2021
681:2018
549:fish
509:Niue
497:Fiji
477:Guam
394:Two
381:Niue
365:belō
359:and
252:and
250:Asia
226:The
147:Aves
1369:CoL
1307:AFD
1294:ADW
1094:PMC
1084:doi
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