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White-bellied Heron at Namdapha NP, Changlang, Arunachal Pradesh, India. The white-bellied heron (Ardea insignis) also known as the imperial heron or great white-bellied heron, is a large heron species living in the foothills of the eastern Himalayas in northeast India and Bhutan to northern Myanmar. It inhabits undisturbed rivers and wetlands.
Western reef heron: Egretta gularis (Bosc, 1792) 44 Pied heron: Egretta picata (Gould, 1845) 45 White-faced heron: Egretta novaehollandiae (Latham, 1790) 46 White-backed night heron: Calherodius leuconotus (Wagler, 1827) 47 White-eared night heron: Oroanassa magnifica (Ogilvie-Grant, 1899) 48 Striated heron: Butorides striata (Linnaeus, 1758 ...
Genus Living species Nycticorax T. Forster, 1817 – typical night herons: Black-crowned night heron, ... White-bellied heron, Ardea insignis ; Great-billed heron, ...
Ardea is a genus of herons.These herons are generally large in size, typically 80–100 cm or more in length. These large herons are associated with wetlands where they prey on fish, frogs, and other aquatic species.
Ardea is genus in the bird family Ardeidae, species are called either heron or egret ... White-bellied heron; White-necked heron; Y. Yellow-billed egret
The great egret is a large heron with all-white plumage. Standing up to 1 m (3.3 ft) tall, this species can measure 80 to 104 cm (31 to 41 in) in length with a wingspan of 131 to 170 cm (52 to 67 in). [10] [11] Body mass can range from 700 to 1,500 g (1.5 to 3.3 lb), with an average around 1,000 g (2.2 lb). [12]
The only heron with somewhat similarly-colorful plumage characteristics, the widespread purple heron, is much smaller than the Goliath. Despite the shared plumage characteristics with the purple species, the closest extant relatives of the Goliath are considered to be the great-billed and the white-bellied herons of Southern Asia. Due to their ...
Members of the genus Botaurus are referred to as bitterns, and, together with the zigzag heron, or zigzag bittern, in the monotypic genus Zebrilus, form a monophyletic group within the Ardeidae. Egrets do not form a biologically distinct group from herons, and tend to be named differently because they are mainly white or have decorative plumes ...