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These are powerful birds with large spear-like bills, long necks and long legs, which hunt by waiting motionless or stalking their prey in shallow water before seizing it with a sudden lunge. They have a slow steady flight, with the neck retracted as is characteristic of herons and
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Indication of the Typical Species of Each Genus
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are clearly very closely related, such as the grey, great blue, and
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953:sp. (Middle Miocene of Observation Quarry, US) (
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841:, great white heron or white egret
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501:A. intermedia brachyrhyncha
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366:in habitus, and the
1118:Gray, George Robert
866:Sub-Saharan Africa
862:Yellow-billed egret
857:Ardea brachyrhyncha
728:White-bellied heron
679:Ardea melanocephala
591:, coastal Morocco,
557:Indian Subcontinent
497:yellow-billed egret
1140:; Donsker, David;
1048:Eurasian eagle-owl
1013:"Ardea" brunhuberi
750:Great-billed heron
684:Black-headed heron
661:White-necked heron
585:Sub-Saharan Africa
559:, Iran, Iraq, the
513:intermediate egret
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745:Ardea sumatrana
706:Humblot's heron
643:South America.
524:Scientific name
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2309:iNaturalist
2164:Wikispecies
2052:Cochlearius
1954:Pilherodius
1811:Calherodius
1766:Theristicus
1759:Thaumatibis
1650:Plataleinae
1546:Xenerodiops
1463:See below ↓
1402:Eopelecanus
1390:Pelecanidae
1359:Balaeniceps
1320:Torotigidae
1138:Gill, Frank
1002:nomen nudum
945:prehistoric
937:Bennu heron
839:Great egret
771:Philippines
763:Australasia
666:Australia.
639:Cocoi heron
634:Ardea cocoi
619:Gulf states
569:Green Spain
527:Common Name
469:great egret
356:great egret
346:Description
239:Casmerodius
159:Subfamily:
78:A. herodias
2458:Categories
2082:Tigriornis
2075:Taphophoyx
2015:Ixobrychus
1999:Botaurinae
1988:Zonerodius
1947:Nyctanassa
1940:Nycticorax
1933:Gorsachius
1858:Proardeola
1717:Lophotibis
1710:Geronticus
1689:Bostrychia
1578:Gerandibis
1522:Ardeacites
1379:Paludiavis
1219:Genera of
1058:References
1008:Proardeola
996:Geronticus
834:Ardea alba
755:South Asia
548:Grey heron
442:grey heron
397:spoonbills
360:Ardea alba
328:great blue
321:colonially
203:grey heron
58:to present
2089:Tigrisoma
1981:Zeltornis
1919:Butorides
1869:Agamiinae
1848:Oroanassa
1841:Nyctisoma
1821:Eoceornis
1752:Pseudibis
1703:Eudocimus
1682:Apteribis
1639:Xenicibis
1629:Vadaravis
1419:Pelecanus
1369:Goliathia
1305:Cladornis
1240:Kingdom:
1156:10 August
1052:Bubo bubo
1034:Miogallus
1029:partridge
1021:cormorant
1005:) is now
819:East Asia
767:Indonesia
759:Indochina
567:regions;
452:in 1840.
393:flamingos
283:Tonophoyx
261:Mesophoyx
109:Kingdom:
103:Eukaryota
2149:Wikidata
2032:Zebrilus
2025:Pikaihao
2008:Botaurus
1964:Proardea
1912:Bubulcus
1889:Ardeinae
1788:Ardeidae
1745:Plegadis
1738:Phimosus
1731:Nipponia
1696:Cercibis
1659:Platalea
1609:Protibis
1598:Mopsitta
1430:Scopidae
1341:Pelecani
1248:Chordata
1246:Phylum:
1242:Animalia
1229:pelicans
1120:(1840).
1073:(1758).
981:(fossil)
581:Adriatic
565:Caucasus
403:Taxonomy
381:bitterns
250:Herodias
230:Synonyms
217:Species
209:Linnaeus
180:Linnaeus
163:Ardeinae
153:Ardeidae
149:Family:
123:Chordata
119:Phylum:
113:Animalia
99:Domain:
39:Dinornis
33:Dasornis
2436:ZooBank
2327:1325662
2301:2480922
2205:Avibase
2155:Q310853
1971:Syrigma
1926:Egretta
1905:Ardeola
1330:Torotix
1264:Order:
1258:Clade:
1252:Class:
930:Egretta
928:versus
593:Algeria
577:Balkans
511:) from
491:Species
422:of his
340:migrate
278:, 1913
276:Mathews
267:, 1894
254:F. Boie
245:, 1842
169:Genus:
139:Order:
129:Class:
2474:Herons
2428:159380
2389:860130
2373:NZOR:
2340:174772
2257:EURING
2249:1ARDEG
1878:Agamia
1831:Matuku
1588:Milnea
1439:Scopus
1225:herons
1100:
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955:fossil
922:fossil
769:, the
587:, the
579:, the
553:Norway
503:) and
485:egrets
432:word
395:, and
389:cranes
385:storks
334:, and
306:herons
265:Sharpe
243:Gloger
211:, 1758
2423:WoRMS
2410:Plazi
2402:39542
2366:30389
2322:IRMNG
2275:96629
2197:Ardea
2184:Ardea
2170:Ardea
2140:Ardea
1898:Ardea
1498:Ardei
1454:Ardei
1036:altus
973:Ardea
961:Ardea
951:Ardea
926:Ardea
918:Ardea
521:Image
481:Ardea
457:Ardea
448:) by
434:ardea
430:Latin
412:Ardea
409:genus
364:Ardea
317:frogs
302:genus
300:is a
297:Ardea
272:Myola
256:1822
174:Ardea
50:Ardea
2361:NCBI
2335:ITIS
2314:4950
2296:GBIF
2262:1259
2244:EPPO
2236:32FH
2223:4584
2218:BOLD
1254:Aves
1221:ibis
1180:2023
1158:2021
1098:ISBN
1015:and
991:ibis
563:and
561:Ural
475:and
407:The
354:The
338:may
332:grey
313:fish
184:1758
133:Aves
2348:NBN
2231:CoL
2192:AFD
2179:ADW
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