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Fujairah’s Fauna: Western Reef Heron

Scientific Name: Egretta gularis

SIZE: 65 cm long
HABITAT: on rocky or sandy shores and reefs,  also found around estuaries, mudflats, salt marshes, mangroves, tidal creeks and lagoons.
DIET: Fish, crustaceans and molluscs
DID YOU KNOW? There are two form of western reef heron, a dark form which is gray in colour with a white throat, and the light one which is white overall and has two plumes on the back of the crown.

A heron and a duck sharing the same spot.

Photo taken at the Fujairah Adventure Park 02/2020.

*Fujairah Adventure Park is closed to the general public at the present moment.

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