Humblot's Heron
Ardea humblotiMilne-Edwards, A; Grandidier, A, 1885
English (US) Humblot's Heron
The Humblot's Heron (Ardea humbloti) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Ardeidae (Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns) in the order Pelecaniformes.
Range: mainly coastal wetlands in lowlands of western and central Madagascar; rare ComorosRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Ardea humbloti
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- IUCN Red List
- Endangered
- English (US)
- Humblot's Heron
- Described by
- Milne-Edwards, A; Grandidier, A, 1885
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Milne-Edwards, A; Grandidier, A, 1885
- Type locality
- eastern Madagascar.
- Original description
- Histoire physique, naturelle et politique de Madagascar. Histoire naturelle des oiseaux, tome I 1 p.546
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Black-headed Heron
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