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Egretta dimorpha (Dimorphic Egret)

Synonyms: Egretta garzetta dimorpha (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

The dimorphic egret (Egretta dimorpha) is a species of heron in the family Ardeidae. It is found in Comoros, Kenya, Madagascar, Mayotte, Seychelles, and Tanzania. In 2009, the IUCN lumped Egretta dimorpha with the little egret Egretta garzetta. The dimorphic egret can sometime be found on rooftops, finding insects in the gutters of houses.
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  1.144 lbs (519 g)
Female Weight [1]  1.065 lbs (483 g)
Male Weight [1]  1.224 lbs (555 g)
Weight Dimorphism [1]  14.9 %
Clutch Size [1]  4
Clutches / Year [1]  1
Fledging [1]  43 days
Incubation [1]  22 days
Maximum Longevity [1]  22 years
Snout to Vent Length [1]  24 inches (60 cm)
Female Maturity [1]  0 years 12 months
Male Maturity [1]  1 year

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
La Réserve Naturelle Intégrale d' Ankarafantsika National Park II 335701 Madagascar  
Réserve Naturelle Intégrale d'Andohahela National Park II 180522 Madagascar
Réserve Naturelle Intégrale d'Andringitra National Park II 76961 Madagascar

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
Aldabra atoll Seychelles A1, A2, A4i, A4ii, A4iii  
Bombetoka Bay and Marovoay wetlands Madagascar A1, A2, A3, A4i
Dar es Salaam coast Tanzania A4i, A4iii
Mafia Island Tanzania A4i
Mahajamba Bay wetlands Madagascar A1, A2, A3, A4i  

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0