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title: "Pied Heron"
description: "Egretta picata — Birds. The pied heron (Egretta picata), also known as the pied egret is a bird found in coastal and subcoastal areas of monsoonal northern Australia as well as some parts of Wallacea and New Guinea."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/pied-heron
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Pied Heron

> Egretta picata — Birds. The pied heron (Egretta picata), also known as the pied egret is a bird found in coastal and subcoastal areas of monsoonal northern Australia as well as some parts of Wallacea and New Guinea.

- Scientific name: *Egretta picata*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast)
- iNaturalist observations: 1110
- Wikidata: [Q420729](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420729)
- iNaturalist taxon: [144456](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/144456)

## Names

- en: Pied Heron
- de: Elsterreiher
- es: Garza Pía
- fr: Aigrette pie
- nl: Bonte reiger
- pt: Garça-alvinegra
- pl: Czapla srokata

## Countries with the most observations

AU (978), PG (52), ID (16), TL (5), CN (3)

## Summary

The pied heron (Egretta picata), also known as the pied egret is a bird found in coastal and subcoastal areas of monsoonal northern Australia as well as some parts of Wallacea and New Guinea.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pied_heron

## Photo

![Pied Heron](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/pied-heron/medium.jpg)

Photo: John Cull · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/397387881

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/pied-heron?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).