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Unnamed spotting

Ardea herodias

Description:

A heron that needs a specific ID. Thanks :)

2 Species ID Suggestions

Ava T-B
Ava T-B 12 years ago
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias Great Blue Heron
annorion
annorion 12 years ago
Grey Heron
Ardea cinerea Grey Heron


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5 Comments

FoTony
FoTony 11 years ago

Nice capture! The great blue heron has red-brown feathers on the upper leg while the grey heron has white feathers. In this picture you can see the white feathers clearly, so in my opinion this must be a gray heron (Ardea cinerea).

Jinki Afrika
Jinki Afrika 12 years ago

Thanks, guys, for the input :)

annorion
annorion 12 years ago

I thought it would be Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) because of range.

Ava T-B
Ava T-B 12 years ago

There is also a grey heron in Tanzania so do a little more checking before you name this spotting. I just Google the country and the kind of bird I think it is to get pictures.

Jinki Afrika
Jinki Afrika 12 years ago

Many thanks, Ava :) I truly appreciate the help.

Jinki Afrika
Spotted by
Jinki Afrika

Arusha, Tanzania

Spotted on Feb 14, 2012
Submitted on Mar 2, 2012

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