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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.
