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Scientific Name
Egretta tricolor
Scientific Name w/ Auth.
Egretta tricolor (P. L. S. Müller, 1776)
Park
Yellowstone National Park (YELL)
Sensitive
No
Park Accepted
Accepted
Record Status
Approved
Park Preferred Common Names
Park Synonyms
Taxonomic Hierarchy
KingdomAnimalia
SubkingdomBilateria
Infrakingdom Deuterostomia
PhylumChordata
SubphylumVertebrata
Infraphylum Gnathostomata
SuperclassTetrapoda
ClassAves
OrderPelecaniformes
FamilyArdeidae
GenusEgretta
SpeciesEgretta tricolor
Occurrence
Present
Nativeness
Native
Nativeness Notes
Its occurrence in YNP is essentially accidental and outside its accepted range (NatureServe 2006, Sibley 2003). This suggests that it does not, and probably never did, regularly occur in the park, so its nativity (if defined relative to YNP boundaries) could justifiably be classified as non-native or unknown.; Data Source: Doug Keinath-Lead Zoologist-Wyoming Natural Diversity Database
Abundance
Unknown
Seasonality Tags
  • Vagrant
    Not listed by Dorn and Dorn (1999) as occuring in Wyoming. Listed by McEneaney (2004) as having less than 20 observations in the last 50 years. Wyoming does not fall on its major migration routes (Sibley 2003), suggesting a classification of vagrant rather than migratory.; Data Source: Doug Keinath-Lead Zoologist-Wyoming Natural Diversity Database
Threatened Endangered Status
State Species of Concern statuses
Ozone Sensitive Status
NatureServe GRank
NatureServe SRank
Observations
0
References
3
Vouchers
0
External Links
0
Evidence counts shown include evidence for related synonyms.
Created By
BCI
Created Date
3/22/2002 12:00:00 AM
Last Modified By
kcrockatt@nps.gov
Last Modified Date
5/19/2016 11:57:24 AM
Notes
Park Species Data Source: T. McEneaney
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