11001-38506 Reef heron (Egretta sacra sacra) adult hunting along shore. Found on both North and South Island, mainly on rocky shores. Especially numerous in Northland, but only thinly distributed south of Marlborough Sounds *
11001-38504 Reef heron (Egretta sacra sacra) adult standing on shore. Found on both North and South Island, mainly on rocky shores. Especially numerous in Northland, but only thinly distributed south of Marlborough Sounds *
11001-38509 Reef heron (Egretta sacra sacra) white 'phase' standing on a tropical reef. Reef herons come in two colour phases - the dark phase is found around New Zealand's rocky shores. In the tropics, where there are white coral beaches and reefs the white 'phase' predominates *