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1590:iNaturalist
1510:Wikispecies
1398:Cochlearius
1300:Pilherodius
1157:Calherodius
1112:Theristicus
1105:Thaumatibis
996:Plataleinae
892:Xenerodiops
809:See below ↓
748:Eopelecanus
736:Pelecanidae
705:Balaeniceps
666:Torotigidae
489:Gill, Frank
237:crepuscular
126:Subfamily:
1670:Gorsachius
1664:Categories
1530:Gorsachius
1516:Gorsachius
1486:Gorsachius
1428:Tigriornis
1421:Taphophoyx
1361:Ixobrychus
1345:Botaurinae
1334:Zonerodius
1293:Nyctanassa
1286:Nycticorax
1279:Gorsachius
1204:Proardeola
1063:Lophotibis
1056:Geronticus
1035:Bostrychia
924:Gerandibis
868:Ardeacites
725:Paludiavis
565:Genera of
505:2023-12-20
473:2023-07-27
463:"Ardeidae"
449:References
288:Gorsachius
267:Nycticorax
263:Gorsachius
254:Nycticorax
241:crustacean
201:which are
190:Gorsachius
141:Gorsachius
25:Gorsachius
1435:Tigrisoma
1327:Zeltornis
1265:Butorides
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1194:Oroanassa
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1167:Eoceornis
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1049:Eudocimus
1028:Apteribis
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975:Vadaravis
765:Pelecanus
715:Goliathia
651:Cladornis
586:Kingdom:
294:Bonaparte
271:monotypic
207:nocturnal
203:migratory
147:Bonaparte
76:Kingdom:
70:Eukaryota
1495:Wikidata
1378:Zebrilus
1371:Pikaihao
1354:Botaurus
1310:Proardea
1258:Bubulcus
1235:Ardeinae
1134:Ardeidae
1091:Plegadis
1084:Phimosus
1077:Nipponia
1042:Cercibis
1005:Platalea
955:Protibis
944:Mopsitta
776:Scopidae
687:Pelecani
594:Chordata
592:Phylum:
588:Animalia
575:pelicans
495:(eds.).
247:Taxonomy
175:Species
130:Ardeinae
120:Ardeidae
116:Family:
90:Chordata
86:Phylum:
80:Animalia
66:Domain:
1608:1014629
1582:2480837
1538:Avibase
1501:Q135951
1317:Syrigma
1272:Egretta
1251:Ardeola
676:Torotix
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604:Clade:
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419:Habitat
357:Habitat
136:Genus:
106:Order:
96:Class:
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1556:112780
1224:Agamia
1177:Matuku
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571:herons
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309:Range
296:, 1855
285:Genus
273:. The
199:herons
149:, 1855
1603:IRMNG
1244:Ardea
844:Ardei
800:Ardei
218:South
1629:NCBI
1616:ITIS
1595:5039
1577:GBIF
1569:4QF5
1551:BOLD
600:Aves
567:ibis
526:ISBN
425:Diet
413:Size
363:Diet
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220:and
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100:Aves
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