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Bitterns, Herons, and Allies21 Bird Species
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Snowy EgretMedium-sized, slender white egret. Pale iris. Alternate Adult: all white plumage decorated in plumes. Red lores. Thin black bill. Dark legs with orange-red feet. Basic Adult: similar to breeding, but bright yellow lores and feet. Shorter plumes. Juvenile: white plumage. Thin bill, pale gray at base. more... Length: 24 cm Wingspan: 38 cm |
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Tricolored HeronMedium sized heron with medium-long legs, very long neck with a long, extremely thin bill. Alternate Adult: Dark bluish head and neck with shaggy purple feathers at base of neck. Thin stripe of white and brown from chin and throat down central neck. Bluish wings, back and tail with flat brownish plum more... Length: 66 cm Wingspan: 91 cm |
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Western Reef-HeronMedium-sized heron with long neck and legs. Alternate Adult: all slate blue plumage except extensive white chin and throat. Two slate blue occipital plumes. Pale eye, reddish lores and large, orange or orange-red bill. Black legs. Feet either black or yellow. Basic Adult: similar to breeding, but lac more... Length: 60 cm Wingspan: 95 cm |
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Yellow BitternSmall Asian bittern with short neck and a long, straw-colored bill. Adult: Buffy orange head, neck and flanks. Black crown. Brown upperparts. Mostly white underparts with buffy streaks on breast, yellow legs and feet. Juvenile: Similar to adult but with fewer buffy tones and heavily streaked upperpar more... Length: 38 cm Wingspan: 53 cm |
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Yellow-crowned Night-HeronMedium-sized, stocky heron with long legs and moderately long, thick neck. Thick, short but pointy dark bill. Alternate-plumaged adult: black head with white crown and broad sub-ocular stripe, long forehead and occipital plumes and a red eye. Dusky greenish lores. Grayish neck and body. Back appears more... Length: 61 cm Wingspan: 107 cm |
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Snowy Egret
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Tricolored Heron
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Western Reef-Heron
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Yellow Bittern
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Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
24 Photographs
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Non-vegetated Areas0 species |
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Salt Water |
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American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus |
Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes |
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Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax |
Estuaries and Bays, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis |
Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Southern Wooded Swamps, Open Country and Grasslands, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Chinese EgretEgretta eulophotes |
Tidal Mudflats and Shallows |
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Chinese Pond-HeronArdeola bacchus |
Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers |
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Gray HeronArdea cinerea |
Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers |
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Great Blue HeronArdea herodias |
Estuaries and Bays, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Open Country and Grasslands |
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Great EgretArdea alba |
Estuaries and Bays, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Streams and Brooks, Open Country and Grasslands |
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Green HeronButorides virescens |
Saltmarshes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers, Southern Wooded Swamps, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Intermediate EgretMesophoyx intermedia |
Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Fresh Water Marshes |
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Least BitternIxobrychus exilis |
Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Mangroves |
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Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea |
Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Southern Wooded Swamps, Mangroves |
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Little EgretEgretta garzetta |
Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes |
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Reddish EgretEgretta rufescens |
Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Mangroves |
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Snowy EgretEgretta thula |
Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Mangroves, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor |
Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes |
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Western Reef-HeronEgretta gularis |
Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes |
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Yellow-crowned Night-HeronNyctanassa violacea |
Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Southern Wooded Swamps, Mangroves, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Human-altered Areas |
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Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax |
Estuaries and Bays, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Gray HeronArdea cinerea |
Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers |
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Great Blue HeronArdea herodias |
Estuaries and Bays, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Open Country and Grasslands |
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Great EgretArdea alba |
Estuaries and Bays, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Streams and Brooks, Open Country and Grasslands |
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Green HeronButorides virescens |
Saltmarshes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers, Southern Wooded Swamps, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Yellow-crowned Night-HeronNyctanassa violacea |
Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Southern Wooded Swamps, Mangroves, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Fresh Water |
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American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus |
Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes |
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Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax |
Estuaries and Bays, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis |
Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Southern Wooded Swamps, Open Country and Grasslands, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Chinese Pond-HeronArdeola bacchus |
Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers |
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Gray HeronArdea cinerea |
Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers |
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Great Blue HeronArdea herodias |
Estuaries and Bays, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Open Country and Grasslands |
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Great EgretArdea alba |
Estuaries and Bays, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Streams and Brooks, Open Country and Grasslands |
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Green HeronButorides virescens |
Saltmarshes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers, Southern Wooded Swamps, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Intermediate EgretMesophoyx intermedia |
Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Fresh Water Marshes |
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Least BitternIxobrychus exilis |
Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Mangroves |
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Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea |
Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Southern Wooded Swamps, Mangroves |
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Little EgretEgretta garzetta |
Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes |
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Reddish EgretEgretta rufescens |
Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Mangroves |
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Snowy EgretEgretta thula |
Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Mangroves, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor |
Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes |
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Yellow BitternIxobrychus sinensis |
Fresh Water Marshes |
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Yellow-crowned Night-HeronNyctanassa violacea |
Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Southern Wooded Swamps, Mangroves, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Grassland and Scrubland |
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Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax |
Estuaries and Bays, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis |
Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Southern Wooded Swamps, Open Country and Grasslands, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Great Blue HeronArdea herodias |
Estuaries and Bays, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Open Country and Grasslands |
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Great EgretArdea alba |
Estuaries and Bays, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Streams and Brooks, Open Country and Grasslands |
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Green HeronButorides virescens |
Saltmarshes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers, Southern Wooded Swamps, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Forest and Woodlands |
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Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax |
Estuaries and Bays, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis |
Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Southern Wooded Swamps, Open Country and Grasslands, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Green HeronButorides virescens |
Saltmarshes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers, Southern Wooded Swamps, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Snowy EgretEgretta thula |
Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Mangroves, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Yellow-crowned Night-HeronNyctanassa violacea |
Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Southern Wooded Swamps, Mangroves, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
