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Great Egret
Order Ciconiiformes
Family Ardeidae
Scientific name Casmerodius albus
English name Great Egret
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Status in Vanuatu Vagrant species
Recent records 2 View Distribution
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One bird was present at Port Resolution, Tanna in August 2004 (S. Totterman, personal observation). This lone Great Egret was first recorded here in 1998 by Vanuatu’s Environment Unit (Brian Phillips, personal communication). It is also a rare vagrant to New Caledonia (Doughty et al, 1999). References.
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