Little heron
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The little heron is a small heron, about 44 cm tall. It is mostly sedentary and frequents both fresh and salt water habitats. It is found in the Old World tropics from west Africa to Japan and Austral
Green backed Heron
Egg, Muséum de Toulouse
B. a. amurensis, Japan
juvenile B. a. atricapilla, Ghana
Striated heron
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The striated heron also known as mangrove heron or little green heron, is a small heron, about 44 cm tall. It is mostly sedentary and noted for some interesting behavioural traits. The breeding habita
Little heron
…It is found in the Old World tropics from west Africa to Japan and Australia. The little heron was formerly considered to be conspecific with the striated heron. The little heron was formally described in 1804 by the Swedish naturalist Adam Afzelius based on a specimen collected in Sierra Leone, West Africa…
Striated heron
Standing still in a pond at the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden.
with a fish in Ecuador