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title: "Pazifikmittelreiher"
description: "Ardea plumifera — Vögel. The plumed egret (Ardea plumifera) is a species of heron native to Australia and Oceania."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/plumed-egret
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Pazifikmittelreiher

> Ardea plumifera — Vögel. The plumed egret (Ardea plumifera) is a species of heron native to Australia and Oceania.

- Scientific name: *Ardea plumifera*
- Category: `birds` (Vögel)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (See & Fluss)
- iNaturalist observations: 4189
- iNaturalist taxon: [1505779](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1505779)

## Names

- en: Plumed Egret
- de: Pazifikmittelreiher
- es: Garceta plumífera
- fr: Héron plumifère

## Countries with the most observations

AU (3955), PG (26), ID (14)

## Summary

The plumed egret (Ardea plumifera) is a species of heron native to Australia and Oceania. Previously this species was regarded as a subspecies of the intermediate egret (Ardea intermedia sensu lato) alongside the Asian intermediate egret (A. (i.) intermedia) and the African yellow-billed egret (A. (i.) brachyrhyncha).

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

## Photo

![Pazifikmittelreiher](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/plumed-egret/medium.jpg)

Photo: Isaiah Findley · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/250217683

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/plumed-egret?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).