Mathews · 1910-1927
Pacific Reef Heron
Plate 191: Demigretta Blyth & Demigretta tormenti
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01Pacific Reef Heron
Now treated at subspecies rank
The historical name connects to a presently accepted subspecies within a broader species account. Current services may therefore catalogue it at either rank.
Name recorded with the plateDemigretta sacra tormenti&
Name used todayEgretta sacra sacraPacific Reef Heron
What connects the names
The historical identification is now placed at subspecies rank within a broader accepted species.
High confidence: The source identification and present taxonomy connect directly through the cited evidence.
The bird today
Follow the accepted taxon into present-day biodiversity records, observations and sound identification.
- Publication
- The Birds of Australia, Volume 3
- Plate
- 75
- Creator
- Gregory M. Mathews; plates by J. G. Keulemans, Henrik Grönvold, H. Goodchild, G. E. Lodge and Roland Green
- Holding institution
- Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
- Taxonomic authority
- AviList 2025
- Rights
- Public domain. The BHL considers that this work is no longer under copyright protection.