The Goliath heron (Ardea goliath), also known as the giant heron, is a very large wading bird of the heron family, Ardeidae. It is found in sub-Saharan...
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Ardea is a genus of herons. These herons are generally large in size, typically 80–100 cm or more in length. These large herons are associated with wetlands...
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jacana, although the similarly sized and occasionally sympatric Goliath heron (Ardea goliath) is also known to stand on aquatic vegetation. Shoebills, being...
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Great blue heron (redirect from Ardea herodias)
herons, it is surpassed in size only by the goliath heron (Ardea goliath) and the white-bellied heron (Ardea insignis). It exhibits a minor degree of sexual...
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Princeton University Press (1992), ISBN 978-0-12-322730-0 Goliath heron – Ardea goliath. Oiseaux.net (2009-10-25). Retrieved on 2012-08-23. Likoff,...
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Purple heron (redirect from Ardea purpurea)
The purple heron (Ardea purpurea) is a wide-ranging heron species. It breeds in Africa, central and southern Europe, and southern and eastern Palearctic...
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2.3 m (7.5 ft) and a weight up to 5 kg (11 lb), the African goliath heron (Ardea goliath) is the largest of the herons and egrets. Juvenile white-bellied...
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r Grey heron, Ardea cinerea – R W Goliath heron, Ardea goliath – r? White-bellied heron, Ardea insignis – E r Great-billed heron, Ardea sumatrana – V...
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Maturin a prodigious amount of wildlife, including: an elephantine heron (Ardea goliath) a nightjar with elongated flight feathers (Shaw's Caprimulgus longipennis)...
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heron Ardea sumatrana Raffles, 1822 72 Black-headed heron Ardea melanocephala Children & Vigors, 1826 73 Goliath heron Ardea goliath Cretzschmar, 1829 74...
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