---
title: "Garça-dos-recifes-oriental"
description: "Egretta sacra — Aves. The Pacific reef heron (Egretta sacra), also known as the eastern reef heron or eastern reef egret, is a species of heron found throughout southern Asia and Oceania."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/pacific-reef-heron
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Garça-dos-recifes-oriental

> Egretta sacra — Aves. The Pacific reef heron (Egretta sacra), also known as the eastern reef heron or eastern reef egret, is a species of heron found throughout southern Asia and Oceania.

- Scientific name: *Egretta sacra*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 11884
- Wikidata: [Q392232](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q392232)
- iNaturalist taxon: [4947](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4947)

## Names

- en: Pacific Reef Heron
- de: Riffreiher
- es: Garceta de arrecife
- fr: Aigrette sacrée
- nl: Oostelijke rifreiger
- pt: Garça-dos-recifes-oriental
- pl: Czapla czczona

## Countries with the most observations

AU (3629), TH (1343), NZ (794), HK (658), TW (608), ID (578), MY (456), JP (414), FJ (367), VN (291), KR (249), PF (240)

## Summary

The Pacific reef heron (Egretta sacra), also known as the eastern reef heron or eastern reef egret, is a species of heron found throughout southern Asia and Oceania. It occurs in two colour morphs with either slaty grey or pure white plumage. The sexes are similar in appearance.

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

## Photo

![Garça-dos-recifes-oriental](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/pacific-reef-heron/medium.jpg)

Photo: Stephen Matthews · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/78573928

## Machine access

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