Reef heron

The tour around the stunning park will also give a glimpse of hundreds of birds, fish and other species, including the Greater Flamingo, the Western Reef Heron and the Mottled Crab.

ET Photos: Western reef heron in Qulaan Island By: Noha Ragab CAIRO -20 August 2017: The photo is of the western reef heron, which is known as the western reef egret.

As for the birds, once inside the sanctuary you will come face- toface with Striated Heron, Western reef heron, Little Bittern, Red Knot and majestic Pied Avocet.

In our study area, black rats were found to reduce breeding success of western reef heron (Etezadifar et al.

Birdwatchers should grab their binoculars and head a little further south to Khor Kalba during the spring and autumn migrations to catch a glimpse of rare species of bird including the reef heron, the booted warbler and Khor Kalba's own subspecies of white-collared kingfisher.

But true feeding territories have been proven for the Little Egret (Yamada, 1994; Nota, 2003), Grey Heron (Richner, 1986; Marion, 1989), Reef Heron (Egretta sacra Gmelin, 1789) (Recher, 1972), and as we also found, for the Little Blue Heron.

The island he visits attracts species including the little egret, western reef heron, bridled tern, crested tern, white-cheeked tern, spotted flycatcher and great grey shrike.

Perhaps the most obvious is the Western Reef Heron that builds a flimsy platform of twigs in the trees on which to lay its eggs.

Birdwatchers should head a little further south to Khor Kalba during the spring and autumn migrations to catch a glimpse of rare species of bird including the reef heron, the booted warbler and Khor Kalba's own subspecies of the white collared kingfisher.

"Hawar Islands are the world's largest breeding site for the Socotra cormorant bird (locally known as Allooh) and the number one breeding ground in the Middle East for reef herons.