Plumed Egret
Ardea plumifera
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 2,826
- Most observed in
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The plumed egret (Ardea plumifera) is a species of heron native to Australia and Oceania. Previously this species was regarded as a subspecies of the intermediate egret (Ardea intermedia sensu lato) alongside the Asian intermediate egret (A. (i.) intermedia) and the African yellow-billed egret (A. (i.) brachyrhyncha).
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Plumed egret”.