Ardea intermedia, Wagler, 1829

Bishop, K. David, 2023, The avifauna of Biak Island, Papua, Indonesia with comments on status, conservation, natural history and taxonomy, Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 143 (1), pp. 3-62 : 25

*INTERMEDIATE EGRET Ardea intermedia

Range Biak, Numfor.

Status Regular visitor. Common year-round at wetlands throughout New Guinea. Mainly an Australian migrant but breeds in the southern Trans-Fly (Beehler & Pratt 2016). First recorded on Biak on 29 August 2015, seven at the tsunami swamp ( KDB, eBird checklist S25951144). Subsequently, 1‒6 at the same site June‒December with a max. of eight on 8 August 2018 (W. Cook et al., eBird checklist S47710412).