GREAT EGRET

Photographed near Sanur beach, Bali October 2016 

(see   214)              GREAT EGRET                    Ardea alba  

INDONESIA (Bali)         (89)        

Usually found around sheltered coastal wetlands such as mangroves, estuaries and tidal lagoons, and sometimes in freshwater swamps. 90 cm. Distribution: worldwide in warm climates: partly migratory; confirmed resident on Java, Sumatra and Sulawesi; generally scarce non-breeding visitor and possible resident throughout other major islands.

EASTERN REEF-EGRET (dark morph)

Photographed near Sanur beach, Bali October 2016

(see    289)              EASTERN REEF-EGRET (Dark morph)                  Egret sacra  

INDONESIA (Bali)         (88)        

Also known as Pacific Reef-heron. 58 cm. Strictly a coastal egret, found exposed sandy shores and coral reefs, on offshore islands, and on sheltered mudflats. Distribution: East Asia into Australasia: sedentary; widespread and fairly common resident along coasts of all major Indonesian islands and most small islets.