🦩Great Egret
Der Silberreiher (Ardea alba, Syn.: Casmerodius albus, Egretta alba) gehört zur Familie der Reiher aus der Ordnung Pelecaniformes. Es werden vier Unterarten unterschieden. Die Art hat ein sehr großes Verbreitungsgebiet, das weite Teile Ost- und Südeuropas, Nord-, Mittel- und Südamerikas, Asiens und Afrikas umfasst. Die Art zeigt eine ausgeprägte Neigung zu Wanderungen und wird in zunehmender Zahl auch in den Regionen Mitteleuropas beobachtet, in denen sie kein Brutvogel ist. Die IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources; deutsch: Internationale Union zur Bewahrung der Natur) stuft den Silberreiher als nicht gefährdet (least concern) ein. Der Bestand wird auf 590.000 bis 2.200.000 Individuen geschätzt.
Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
IUCN Red List assessment, 2025.
- Body mass
- 0.87 kg
- Body length
- not recorded
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 23 years
Everything we know about the Great Egret
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass0.87 kgAVONETOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Figures vary
- 0.87 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Tail length0.14 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Wing length0.38 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Beak length0.13 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Tarsus length0.14 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan23 yearsAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
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Gestation23 daysAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Litter sizeabout 3AnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Trophic levelCarnivoreAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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HabitatWetlandAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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LifestyleTerrestrialAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l0.9 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Great Egret yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classAves
- ›orderPelecaniformes
- ›familyArdeidae
- ›genusArdea
- ›speciesArdea alba
- superclassTetrapoda
- orderSauria
- classBirds · Aves
- familyArdeidae
All 10 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- orderSauria
- classBirds · Aves
- familyArdeidae
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