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Black-headed Heron

Animals; Birds

The Black-headed Heron (Ardea melanocephala) is a wading bird of the heron family Ardeidae, common throughout much of sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar.

Great Blue Heron

Animals; Birds

The Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) is a large wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae, common near the shores of open water and in wetlands over most of North and Central America as well as the ...

Grey Heron

Animals; Birds

The Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea), is a wading bird of the heron family Ardeidae, native throughout temperate Europe and Asia and also parts of Africa.

Great Egret

Animals; Birds

The Great Egret (Ardea alba), also known as the Great White Egret or Common Egret or (now not in use) Great White Heron,(1)(2) is a large, widely-distributed egret. Distributed across most of the ...

Intermediate Egret

Animals; Birds

The Intermediate Egret, Median Egret,(2) or Yellow-billed Egret (Ardea intermedia) is a medium-sized heron. It is a resident breeder from east Africa across tropical southern Asia to Australia.

Pacific Reef Egret

Animals; Birds

The Pacific Reef Heron (Egretta sacra), also known as the Pacific Reef Egret or Eastern Reef Egret, is a kind of heron. They are found in many areas of Asia including the oceanic region of India, ...

Little Egret

Animals; Birds

The Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) is a small white heron. It is the Old World counterpart to the very similar New World Snowy Egret.

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