Posts Tagged ‘Pelecaniformes’

• Malagasy pond-heron

  Jun 8 | Herons+, Pond-herons | Little Stint | 261 Views | with Comments Off on Malagasy pond-heron

  Malagasy pond-heron – Ardeola idae – also on this site called – Madagascar pond-heron &#...

• Hamerkop

  Apr 24 | Hamerkops, Hamerkops+ | Little Stint | 196 Views | with Comments Off on Hamerkop

  Hamerkop – Scopus umbretta – is a resident medium sized Afro/Arabian species of Type – wading-bird, Family Scopidae and Order Pelecaniformes. It is widely distributed over s s Africa and into SW Arabia. In the...

• Scopidae – Hamerkops+

  Apr 24 | Hamerkops+, Scopidae | Little Stint | 199 Views | with Comments Off on Scopidae – Hamerkops+

  Scopidae – Hamerkops+ is a Family of wading birds that at the moment contains only one species, the Hamerkop, so named because the head and the backwards facing crest give the impression of a hammer. It is extensively found...

• Pink-backed pelican

  Mar 14 | Pelicans, Pelicans+ | Little Stint | 377 Views | with Comments Off on Pink-backed pelican

  Pink-backed pelican – Pelecanus rufescens – is a relatively smaller resident Afro/Arabian pelican of Type – waterbird, Family Pelecanidae and Order Pelecaniformes. It is found in s s Africa and SW Arabia. In the...

• Yellow bittern

  Mar 14 | Bitterns, Herons+ | Little Stint | 270 Views | with Comments Off on Yellow bittern

  Yellow bittern – Ixobrychus sinensis – is a small migratory/resident Asian bittern of Type- wadingbird, Family Ardeidae and Order Passeriformes. It is found in S, SE and E Asia. In the AWB Region there is an outlying...

• Dwarf bittern

  Mar 14 | Bitterns, Herons+ | Little Stint | 383 Views | with Comments Off on Dwarf bittern

  Dwarf bittern – Ixobrychus sturmii – is a small resident African bittern of Type – wadingbird, Family Ardeidae and Order Passeriformes. It is found over s s Africa. In the AWB Region it is found as resident in...

• Black-headed heron

  Mar 14 | Herons, Herons+ | Little Stint | 280 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 | 294 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 | 351 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...

• Chinese pond-heron

  Mar 14 | Herons+, Pond-herons | Little Stint | 232 Views | with Comments Off on Chinese pond-heron

  Chinese pond-heron – Ardeola bacchus – is a medium sized migratory/resident Asian heron of Type – wadingbird, Family Ardeidae and Order Pelecaniformes. Broadly it is migratory in the N of its range, resident...