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Pied heron

Egretta picata (Gould, 1845)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The pied heron (Egretta picata) is a species in the family Ardeidae, order Pelecaniformes. Recorded adults weigh 234 g to 264 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Pied heron (Egretta picata)
Photo: tjeales · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the pied heron

Weight
234 g – 264 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Aquatic predatorsrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
coastalsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
3src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the pied heron live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The pied heron is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

What is the pied heron?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

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.

From the Wikipedia article “Pied heron” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pied_heron&oldid=1332839915), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the pied heron endangered?

The pied heron is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

How is the pied heron classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPelecaniformes
  5. familyArdeidae
  6. genusEgretta
  7. SpeciesEgretta picata (Gould, 1845)

Synonyms Ardea aruensis, Ardea lansbergei, Ardea picata, Egretta picata picata, Hydranassa picata, Notophoyx picata, Tonophoyx aruensis normani

Other names and names in other languages (37)
  • بلشون أبقعArabic
  • Пъстра чаплаBulgarian
  • martinet encaputxatCatalan
  • volavka černobíláCzech
  • crëyr brithWelsh
  • Sorthvid HejreDanish
  • ElsterreiherGerman
  • nigrablanka egretardeoEsperanto
  • Garza PíaSpanish
  • Garceta píaSpanish
  • valgekael-haigurEstonian
  • valkokaulahaikaraFinnish
  • Aigrette pieFrench
  • Héron pieFrench
  • bjelovrata čapljaCroatian
  • tarka kócsagHungarian
  • Kuntul belangIndonesian
  • Airone bianconeroItalian
  • Garzetta testabiancaItalian
  • ムナジロサギJapanese
  • ムナジロクロサギJapanese
  • keršasis garnysLithuanian
  • Bonte ReigerDutch
  • hvithalshegreNorwegian
  • czapla srokataPolish
  • Garça-pedrêsPortuguese
  • garça-alvinegraPortuguese
  • garça-malhadaPortuguese
  • Сорочья цапляRussian
  • volavka čepcováSlovak
  • Crno-bela čapljaSerbian
  • svartvit hägerSwedish
  • Yamalı BalıkçılTurkish
  • чепура строкатаUkrainian
  • 斑鷺Chinese
  • 斑鹭Chinese
  • 白頸黑鷺Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistTAXREFWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the pied heron

Other species in the same genus Egretta.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the pied heron?

An adult pied heron weighs 234 g – 264 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the pied heron live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the pied heron for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the pied heron endangered?

The pied heron is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the pied heron?

The pied heron (Egretta picata) belongs to the family Ardeidae in the order Pelecaniformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Pied heron (Egretta picata). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/pied-heron

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BibTeX
@misc{pied_heron_2026,
  title = {Pied heron (Egretta picata)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pied-heron},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}