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    The Goliath heron (Ardea goliath), also known as the giant heron, is a very large wading bird of the heron family, Ardeidae. It is found in sub-Saharan...
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    blue heron is the largest heron native to North America. Among all extant herons, it is surpassed in size only by the goliath heron (Ardea goliath) and...
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    thus surpassing the size of the largest living species in the heron family, the goliath heron. It may have been the inspiration for the Bennu deity in Egyptian...
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    overlap in size. The largest species of heron is the goliath heron, which stands up to 152 cm (60 in) tall. All herons can retract their necks by folding them...
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    purple heron usually breeds in colonies but sometimes the nests are solitary. It sometimes associates with other species such as the goliath heron (Ardea...
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  • northern South America Goliath coucal, a cuckoo endemic to Indonesia Goliath frog, an African frog of genus Conraua Goliath heron, a very large wading bird...
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    Princeton University Press (1992), ISBN 978-0-12-322730-0 Goliath heron – Ardea goliath. Oiseaux.net (2009-10-25). Retrieved on 2012-08-23. Likoff,...
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    jacana, although the similarly sized and occasionally sympatric Goliath heron (Ardea goliath) is also known to stand on aquatic vegetation. Shoebills, being...
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    Ardea (bird) (redirect from Great Herons)
    Ardea is a genus of herons. These herons are generally large in size, typically 80–100 cm or more in length. These large herons are associated with wetlands...
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  • Goliath is an American legal drama television series by Amazon Studios. The show was commissioned with a straight-to-series order of eight episodes on...
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  • International Ornithological Committee (IOC) recognizes these 74 species of herons, egrets, and bitterns in the family Ardeidae. They are distributed among...
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  • Thumbnail for Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar
    around thirty new species, including Meyer's parrot, Nubian bustard, Goliath heron, streaked scrub warbler and Cretzschmar's bunting. In the field of mammalogy...
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    bar-headed goose, greylag goose, greater flamingo, common mallard and Goliath heron. The lagoon also has a small population of the endangered Irrawaddy...
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    Long-billed pipit Grey hypocolius Crested lark Hoopoe Shrike Black bittern Goliath heron Black ibis Variable wheatear Skittering frog Indus Valley toad Golden...
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    They are among the largest true African waterfowl (besides the wading Goliath heron) and are, on average, the world's largest "goose", although in average...
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    5 kg (11 lb), the African goliath heron (Ardea goliath) is the largest of the herons and egrets. Juvenile white-bellied heron (A. insignis) have been reported...
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    storks (marabous, Abdim's stork, saddle-billed stork), herons (slaty egret, black heron, goliath heron), shoebill, bustards (kori bustard, Neotis, Eupodotis...
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    the lake. Water birds are numerous, and include pink-backed pelican, goliath heron, white-faced whistling duck, African fish eagle, wattled plover, and...
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    seen around Nalbana Island are the lesser flamingos, Goliath heron, grey herons, purple herons, egrets, spoonbills, storks and black-headed ibis. Many...
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    birds, even large and relatively slow-moving types such as the goliath heron (Ardea goliath), tend to be highly cautious in avoiding deep water in crocodile-occupied...
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  • (LC), as well as the world’s largest heron, Ardea goliath (Goliath heron, LC). The Goliath heron, which has small populations in South Asia as well, can...
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    Africa (i.e. the 2 largest African storks, shoebill, greater flamingo, goliath heron). It is also roughly the fourth heaviest African flying bird after the...
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    inhabit the lake and the area surrounding it, such as African fish eagle, Goliath heron, hamerkop, pied kingfisher and Verreaux's eagle among others of their...
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    Ardeinae is a subfamily of herons, which includes the day herons, night herons, and egrets. Genus †Proardea (fossil) Genus †Zeltornis (fossil, Early Miocene...
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    known bird species including the shoe-billed stork, dwarf kingfisher, Goliath heron, white-thighed hornbill and great blue turaco.[citation needed] Wikimedia...
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    African darter, the Pel's fishing owl, the white-crested tiger heron and the goliath heron breed here. Parts of the lagoon are highly polluted. Chemical...
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    fishing owl, African skimmer, collared palm thrush, lanner falcon, goliath heron, African finfoot, rock pratincole and long-toed lapwing are considered...
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    seen around Nalbana Island are the lesser flamingos, Goliath herons, grey herons, and purple herons, egrets, spoonbills, storks and black-headed ibis. Rare...
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  • Goldie's lorikeet Goldman's warbler Gold-ringed tanager Goliath coucal Goliath heron Goliath imperial pigeon Gorgeous bushshrike Gorgeted puffleg Gorgeted...
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    Birds in these wet habitats include Goliath heron, purple heron, cattle egret, striated heron, western reef heron, greater flamingo, lesser flamingo,...
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