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Description
Heron of medium size.
Spreading
Mainly found from eastern Africa along tropical zone South Asia to Australia
Taxonomy
- Egretta intermedia brachyrhyncha- in Africa south of Africa;
- Egretta intermedia intermedia - from South-East Asia and western Indonesia to Japan;
- Egretta intermedia plumifera - from eastern Indonesia to New Guinea and Australia.
nesting
It usually nests in colonies with other herons, often on platforms made from piles of tree branches and shrubs. The female lays 2-5 eggs
Ecology
It searches for food in flooded fields, feeds slowly wandering in shallow water. Sometimes it looks out for prey from the branches of low trees. It feeds on frogs, crustaceans and insects.
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MIDDLE HERON
Bubulcus intermedia
| VERTEBRATES - VERTEBRATA Squad:Storks - Сiconiiformes Family: Herons - Ardeidae Genus: Bubulcus Wagler, 1829 |
Spreading: Breeds on the periphery of the range on the lake. Khanka and, probably, in other places south. Primorye. During the period seasonal migrations and in the summer it is regularly celebrated in various districts of Primorye. Registered in the south. parts about. Sakhalin, on the islands of Moneron, Kunashir and Shikotan. Outside of Russia, the nesting range covers the east. and south. regions of Asia from Japan, the Philippine, Sunda, Moluccas and New Guinea to India and about. Ceylon, to the north. to Nepal, Huanghe and about. Khonshu, as well as sowing. and east. Australia, east and south. Africa.
Habitat:Inhabits the shores of reservoirs, rice fields, swamps in the lowlands and on plateaus at altitudes up to 1400 m n.s.l. During the migration period, it occurs in meadows near sea coast. Nests are built on dense spreading trees, bamboo, in reed creases. The breeding season is from May to July. One clutch per season. Contains 3-5, usually 4 eggs, according to other sources 2-3, rarely 4 eggs. Both partners participate in incubation of the masonry and feeding of the chicks. Feeds in wet biotopes. Sometimes it "grazes" among livestock. Serves as food small fish, insects, especially beetles and orthopterans. Data on mortality and its causes are not available. Sev. populations winter in the lower reaches of the river. Yangtze, on about. Taiwan, Philippine and Sunda Islands.
Number:On the lake Khanka found 2 nests of a medium egret in a mixed colony of gray, rufous and great egrets. To the south and east. coast of the lake Khanka in nesting time met singles, pairs and groups of up to 12 individuals, but not every year. During the period of migrations and migrations, single birds and small groups of up to 10 birds were noted with the same frequency. In the Sakhalin region the species is even rarer. The low number in Russia is explained by the proximity of sowing. nesting range boundaries. In addition, there is a reduction in the area of nesting and forage biotopes as a result of intensive drainage of swamps on the Khanka Plain and in other districts of Primorye in the 60-70s. There is no noticeable decrease in the number of the species.
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Sources:1. Polivanova and Glushchenko, 1977; 2. Labzyuk, 1981; 3. Labzyuk, 1990; 4. Elsukov, 1974; 5. Vorobyov, 1954; 6. Litvinenko, Shibaev, 1965; 7. Labzyuk et al., 1971; 8. Nazarov, Kurinny, 1981; 9. Glushchenko, 1981; 10. Nazarov, unpublished. data; 11. Gizenko, 1955; 12. Nechaev, 1991; 13. Benkovsky, 1968; 14. Nechaev, 1969; 15. Glushchenko, 1988; 16. Dykhan, 1990; 17 Baker, 1929; 18. Mackwarth-Pread, Grant, 1952. Compiled by: Yu.N. Nazarov |
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Middle Egret
Egretta intermedia
Order Ciconiiformes - Ciconiiformes
Family Herons - Ardeidae
Habitat
A rare, irregularly nesting species, the northern border of the range passes on the territory of Russia.
Wing length 250 mm.
Spreading. In Russia, the nesting of the middle white heron is established on the lake. Khanka (1). In all likelihood, it breeds in other places of Southern Primorye, in particular, in the vicinity of Olga Bay, where on May 12, 1976, a pair of herons building a nest was found (2). In addition, in July, birds were encountered on about. Kunashir (Southern Kuril Islands), where they apparently bred (3). In the spring-summer period, egrets were regularly observed (or caught) in the following places in the south of the Far East of the USSR: in the Khanka lowland (4), in the Lazovsky Reserve (5, 6), in the vicinity of Olga Bay (2), near the village of Terney and the mouth of the Samarga (7), in the Gulf of Peter the Great on the islands of Bolshoy Pelis and Popov (5, 8), in the southern regions of about. Sakhalin (9). Outside of Russia, the breeding range covers areas of Asia from Northern Japan west to Pakistan, as well as South Africa north to the border of the Sahara and Australia (10).
It nests in water bodies with dense thickets of reeds, shrubs and woody vegetation, in mixed colonies of other species of storks.
Number. On the lake Khanka at the mouth of the river. Istyoy in 1971 found 2 nests in one of the colonies of gray, red and great egrets. During the period of migration and nomadism, the average egrets stay alone, in pairs, or form flocks of 3-10, rarely 20-25 birds.
limiting factors. The low abundance of the species is explained by its habitat on the periphery of the range, as well as the lack of places suitable for nesting, which arose as a result of human changes in the habitat of birds.
Security measures. It is necessary to protect birds during migration and nesting periods.
Class - Birds / Subclass - New-palatine / Superorder - Storks
History of study
The middle egret (lat. Egretta intermedia) is a species of birds of the heron family.
Spreading
Mainly found from eastern Africa along the tropics South Asia and to Australia.
Appearance
Heron of medium size.
As a rule, males are somewhat larger than females. The plumage is completely white. The beak is long, straight, colored in yellow. Paws and fingers are long, dark gray. The neck is long, S-shaped.
reproduction
It usually nests in colonies with other herons, often on platforms made from piles of tree branches and shrubs. The female lays 2-5 eggs.
Lifestyle
Herons inhabit the coasts and shallow waters of fresh and brackish waters. On Shikotan Island, the birds nested in a swampy stream valley overgrown with reeds and Kuril bamboo with separate groups of trees. Spring migrations in April - May, autumn - in September. The nest, found on the island of Shikotan, was placed in a fork in a willow trunk, 5 m from the ground. Construction material: willow branches, Kuril bamboo stems and dry grass. There were 2 chicks in the nest on July 12 and 13. The lifestyle has not been studied. The main food is fish and aquatic insects.
Food
It searches for food in flooded fields, feeds slowly wandering in shallow water. Sometimes it looks out for prey from the branches of low trees. Feeds on frogs, crustaceans and insects.
population
At a low level. One pair of birds nested on Shikotan. On Sakhalin, during the period of migrations and summer migrations, solitary birds were most often recorded.
Middle Egret and Human
Hunting for herons is prohibited. It is important to conserve wetlands, eliminate disturbance, limit the number of crows in nesting areas of this species, and protect birds in nesting areas.