Archive for the ‘Herons’ Category

• Black-headed heron

  Mar 14 | Herons, Herons+ | Little Stint | 1417 Views | with Comments Off on Black-headed heron

  Black-headed heron – Ardea melanocephala – is a large resident African heron of Type – wadingbird, Family Ardeidae and Order Passeriformes. It is found across s s Africa and in the AWB Region it is found as...

• Goliath heron

  Mar 14 | Herons, Herons+ | Little Stint | 1368 Views | with Comments Off on Goliath heron

  Goliath heron – Ardea goliath – is a very large Afro/Asian heron of Type – wadingbird, Family Ardeidae and Order Pelecaniformes. It is mostly found in s s Africa and a few small areas in SW Asia. In the AWB...

• Black heron

  Mar 14 | Herons, Herons+ | Little Stint | 1421 Views | with Comments Off on Black heron

  Black heron – Egretta ardesiaca – is a medium sized residential African heron of Type – wadingbird, Family Ardeidae and Order Pelecaniformes. It is found in widely in s s Africa. In the AWB Region it is found as...

• Humblot’s heron

  Jul 3 | Herons, Herons+ | Little Stint | 1730 Views | with Comments Off on Humblot’s heron

  The Humblot’s heron – Ardea humbloti also called the Madagascar heron is a medium/large sized heron of Type – wading-bird, Family Ardeidae and the Order Pelecaniformes. It is an endangered, resident, endemic...

• Grey heron

  Jun 22 | Herons, Herons+ | Little Stint | 1807 Views | with Comments Off on Grey heron

  The Grey heron – Ardea cinerea is a large Old World wading-bird of the Family Ardeidae and the Order Pelecaniformes. It is widely distributed over Eurasia and Africa. It is an extensive summer visitor across Temperate...

• Squacco heron

  Jun 22 | Herons, Herons+ | Little Stint | 1713 Views | with Comments Off on Squacco heron

  The Squacco heron – Ardeola ralloides is a small heron of the wading-bird Family Ardeidae and Order Pelecaniformes. It is an Old World species and is thinly spread over S Europe up to the the main summer breeding range from...

• Purple heron

  Jun 22 | Herons, Herons+ | Little Stint | 1691 Views | with Comments Off on Purple heron

  The Purple heron – Ardea purpurea is a large wading-bird of the Family Ardeidae and the Order Pelecaniformes. It is widespread over the Old World. It is a summer breeder to S Europe to Central Asia with an outlier in NE...

• Striated heron

  Jun 22 | Herons, Herons+ | Little Stint | 1680 Views | with Comments Off on Striated heron

  The Striated heron – Butorides striata or Green-backed heron is a small heron of the Wading-bird Family Ardeidae and the Order Pelecaniformes. It is widely distributed around the world and is largely Resident but has a...