Belize Biodiversity Information System NAME - Reddish Egret FAMILY - Ardeidae SCIENTIFIC NAME - Egretta rufescens colorata SYNONYMS - Ardea rufescens - Gmelin, 1789. REFERENCES - 1 National abundance, Conservation or Economic Status Reference Resident, species present all year. 16 Resident, species present all year. 3 Apparently secure in Belize 15 Rare: low density, unlikely to be seen, few localities 15 Vulnerable in Belize 5 U.S. Migratory Bird Treaty 13 District Reference Belize 4 Corozal 7 Administrative Unit Occurrence Temporal Reference Shipstern Nature Reserve 7 Shipstern Nature Reserve 5 Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary 10 Government land 8 Cayes, other; see comments Sighting Dry season 11 Cayes, other; see comments Dry season 12 Cayes, other; see comments Permanent 5 Caye Caulker 6 Hydrologic Association Reference Belize River 9 Elevation Reference 1-200 m 14 1:50,000 Quadrangle Reference 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 30' to 88 45' 10 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 00' to 88 15' 6 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 10' to 88 30' 14 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 10' to 88 30' 4 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 00' to 88 15' 11 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 00' to 88 15' 12 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 00' to 88 15' 6 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 00' to 88 15' 9 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 10' to 88 30' 5 18 15' to 18 30'; 88 00' to 88 15' 7 17 52'35" to 18 11'30"; 87 49' to 88 03' 5 Holdridge Life Zone Reference Subtropical moist 14 General Distribution Comments 16* Accidental northern semideciduous moist forest. Uncommon coastal/low-lands savannas, inc. marshy areas. Uncommon mangroves lowlands & coastal beaches. Common cayes inc. Ambergris. 12* Caye Chapel 11* Caye Chapel 8* Ladyville 5* Following cayes: Rosario, Pajaro, Sal, Shipstern. 3* Permanent resident, breeds on 2 cayes; fewer than 5 records in northern hardwood forests; uncommon in mangroves and coastal beaches and offshore cayes. References 1 A.O.U. 1983. Checklist of North American Birds. 6th Ed. 2 A.O.U. 1985, 1987, 1989. 35th-37th Supplements. 3 Wood, D.S.,R. C. Leberman, and D. Weyer. 1986. Checklist of Birds of Belize. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication 12. 4 Miller, B. W., 1994. Belize Christmas Bird Counts, Twenty Year Summary. in prep. 5 McRae, E., 1994. The Birds of Belize's Coastal Zone: Species, Distribution, Current Status, Threats to their Well-being, and Potential Measures to Reduce their Impact. Report to NPAMP. 6 McRae, E. 1993. Preliminary Check-list - Birds of Caye Caulker. 7 Meerman, J. 1993. Checklist of the Birds of the Shipstern Nature Reserve, Occasional Papers of the Belize Natural History Society. 2(10). pp. 71-81. 8 McDuffie, P. 1993. Personal Bird List for Belize: September 1, 1989 - December 15, 1993. Unpublished list. 9 Russell, S. M. 1964. A Distributional Study of the Birds of British Honduras. Ornithological Monographs No. 1, A.O.U. 10 Wood, D. S., R. C. Leberman. 1987. Results of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History Expeditions to Belize. III. Distributional Notes on the Birds of Belize. Annals Carnegie Museum. 56(6):137-160. 11 Counsell, D.J.R., B. Etheridge. 1986. RAFOS Expedition to Belize. Unpublished report. 12 Hallchurch, T.T., compiler. 1982. Exercise King Vulture Belize 23 Feb.- 16 March. Unpub. report for the British Army Bird Watching Society. 13 Title 50 Code of Federal Regulations, Subchapter B., Part 10.13: List of Migratory Birds. U.S. Government Printing Office: 1985 0-488-794. (Lists all species of migratory birds protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 703-711). 14 Miller, B. W. 1997. Belize Christmas Bird Count Summary 1970-1995. Data from American Birds Vol. 28-50 including 1973-1996. 15 Miller, B.W., C.M. Miller. 1997. Avian Risk Assessment for Belize, Species at Risk and of Conservation Concern. Report to Programme for Belize/TNC Wings of America Program. 16 Garcia, J., S. Matola, M. Meadows, and C. Wright. 1994. A Checklist of the Birds of Belize. WWF-US. 35p.
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