Héron (French pronunciation: [eʁɔ̃] ; Walloon: Héron) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium. Héron is located on the...
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or bitterns rather than herons. Members of the genus Botaurus are referred to as bitterns, and, together with the zigzag heron, or zigzag bittern, in the...
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The Heron, also known as Milton Court, is a 36-storey residential tower in London, United Kingdom. The building was developed by Heron International. Construction...
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The Boy and the Heron (Japanese: 君たちはどう生きるか, Hepburn: Kimitachi wa Dō Ikiru ka, lit. 'How Do You Live?') is a 2023 Japanese animated fantasy film written...
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Julien Simon Héron (1746-1796) was a French revolutionary and an agent of the Committee of General Security. Louis Heron was the son of Jean Heron (a tobacco...
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father of poet and musician Gil Scott-Heron. Born Gilbert Heron in Kingston, Jamaica, to Walter Gilbert Heron and Lucille Gentles, he came from a family...
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White heron may refer to: Great egret, (Ardea alba), also known as the great white egret, common egret or white heron Eastern great egret (Ardea alba...
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Le Héron (French pronunciation: [lə eʁɔ̃], before 1962: Héron) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France...
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black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) [or black-capped night heron[citation needed]], commonly shortened to just night heron in Eurasia, is a...
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The night herons are medium-sized herons, 58–65 cm, in the genera Nycticorax, Nyctanassa, and Gorsachius. The genus name Nycticorax derives from the Greek...
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and illustration of "Le Héron Agami" by the French polymath Comte de Buffon in his Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux. The agami heron is now the only species...
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Heron Island may refer to: Heron Island (Queensland), in Australia Heron Island (New Brunswick), in Baie des Chaleurs, Canada Heron Island (Quebec), in...
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Gilbert Scott-Heron (April 1, 1949 – May 27, 2011) was an American jazz poet, singer, musician, and author known for his work as a spoken-word performer...
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footballer Mike "Heron" Herard, hip hop producer Heron, Montana Héron, Belgium Heron Island (disambiguation), various islands Heron Lake (disambiguation)...
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The grey heron (Ardea cinerea) is a long-legged wading bird of the heron family, Ardeidae, native throughout temperate Europe and Asia, and also parts...
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The great blue heron (Ardea herodias) is a large wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae, common near the shores of open water and in wetlands over most...
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The lava heron (Butorides sundevalli), also known as the Galápagos heron, is a species of heron endemic to the Galápagos Islands of Ecuador. It is considered...
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heron (Butorides striata) also known as mangrove heron, little green heron or green-backed heron, is a small heron, about 44 cm tall. Striated herons...
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IBM Heron is a 156-qubit tunable-coupler quantum processor created by IBM, originally unveiled during the IBM Quantum Summit 2023, which occurred on December...
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The tricolored heron (Egretta tricolor), formerly known as the Louisiana heron, is a small species of heron native to coastal parts of the Americas. The...
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Heron's fountain is a hydraulic machine invented by the 1st century AD inventor, mathematician, and physicist Heron (or Hero) of Alexandria . Heron studied...
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including herons. The surname may also be an habitual name; of Old English origin from Harome in North Yorkshire or Norman origin from Le Héron, near Rouen...
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Heron Quays is an area of the Canary Wharf development on the Isle of Dogs, part of the London Docklands. It is served by a railway station on the London...
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The green heron (Butorides virescens) is a small heron of North and Central America. Butorides is from Middle English butor "bittern" and Ancient Greek...
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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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The IAI Heron (Machatz-1) is a medium-altitude long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) developed by the Malat (UAV) division of Israel Aerospace...
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French naval base of Djibouti (redirect from French Naval base of Héron)
The French naval base of Djibouti, also known as the Naval base of Héron, is located in East Africa in Djibouti. Delaporte, Murielle; Michaud, Quentin...
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Martins Heron is a suburb of Bracknell 25 miles (40 km) west of London in Berkshire, England. Martins Heron and the neighbouring suburb The Warren are...
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relationships among the herons (Ardeidae). Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan. Buffon, Georges-Louis Leclerc de (1780). "Le héron blanc a calotte noire"...
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Robert Geatrex "Red" Heron (December 31, 1917 — December 14, 1990) was a Canadian ice hockey player who played 106 games in the National Hockey League...
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