Egretta sacra
Pacific Reef Heron
As recorded: Egretta sacra (Gmelin, 1789)
Animalia › Chordata › Aves › Pelecaniformes › Ardeidae
- Collected by
- A Seale
- Collector number
- Collector Number: Ro 23
- Locality
- exact locality unknown
- Island
- Rarotonga Island
- Region
- Cook Islands
- Coordinates
- -21.2306, -159.7790
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Where it was collected
Still here: Egretta sacra observed near this locality
Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 74 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2026-08-10.
2026-08-10
Q5VH+QRJ, Avarua, Cook Islands
(c) Chris, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-08-08
Cook Islands, CK
(c) rinbow, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-07-29
Rarotonga, Cook Islands, CK
(c) lucybarltrop, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-07-27
Rarotonga, Cook Islands, CK
(c) lucybarltrop, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-07-24
Cook Islands
(c) Jake Osborne, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2026-07-11
Tutakimoa Tapere, Avarua, Cook Islands
(c) henry_marshall, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Egretta sacra. BPBM 2480. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36654388. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/vz-bbm/2480.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 36654388 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
Data-quality notes from GBIF
- Type status not recognized
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