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Ardea goliath
Spotted on Sep 17, 2012
Submitted on Sep 17, 2012
4 Comments
thank you all...for the suggestions..it was clicked in San Diego Safari Park..
I agree with Goliath Heron. Looks like this was taken in Balboa Park, so I'd guess the San Diego Zoo.
Def a Goliath heron...nonnative species
Its not a reddish egret. It looks closer to a subadult Tricolored Heron. My question however, was this in a zoo or captivity? It actually looks most like the Goliath Heron: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goliath_Her... which is a sub-saharan Africa bird.