Herons (Ardeidae)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) - HBW 1, p. 405
French: Héron cendré
German: Graureiher
Spanish: Garza Real
Taxonomy: Ardea cinerea Linnaeus, 1758, Europe; restricted to Sweden.
Forms superspecies with A. herodias and A. cocoi. Four subspecies generally recognized. Race monicae recently considered separate species by some authors.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- cinerea Linnaeus, 1758 - most of Palearctic, thinly through Africa, India and Sri Lanka.
- jouyi Clark, 1907 - Japan to N Burma and S to Java.
- firasa Hartert, 1917 - Madagascar.
- monicae Jouanin & Roux, 1963 - islands off Banc d'Arguin, Mauritania.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An adult bird eating Mallard ducklings, ignoring the parents and other protesting ducks Locality Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, England, Great Britain (ssp cinerea)
Joe Angseesing 10 May 2007 3 years ago 46 sec 4.7 -
A closeup from a bird perched. Locality Groote Keten, North Holland Province, Netherlands (ssp cinerea)
Yoel Jimenez 11 June 2011 49 weeks ago 51 sec 4.5 -
Young Herons being fed Locality Vienna, Vienna State, Austria (ssp cinerea)
Andreas Gruber 17 April 2011 1 year ago 41 sec 4.2 -
An adult bird on the water, swallowing. Locality Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India (ssp cinerea)
Josep del Hoyo 28 February 2011 11 weeks ago 20 sec 4 -
a young heron fishing, a little too slow, leaving another heron take his fish Locality France (ssp cinerea)
DH ArtNature 1 May 2011 32 weeks ago 22 sec 4 -
a bird cooling in the water Locality Lower Austria, Austria (ssp cinerea)
Andreas Gruber 6 July 2011 46 weeks ago 28 sec 4
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Fishing under rain
Locality Yala (Ruhunu) National Park , Sri Lanka (ssp cinerea)
Guy Poisson 12 January 2011 1 year ago 4.4 -
in flight
Locality Beit She'an Valley, Israel (ssp cinerea)
Lior Kislev 8 December 2010 1 year ago 4.3 -
Nearby resident appears often where River Dargle flows into Bray Harbour
Locality Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland (ssp cinerea)
Brendan Marnell 26 March 2009 1 year ago 4.3 -
The Grey Heron caught a large Mangrove Water Snake, the bird was finally able to eat it alive but not before the snake had made
Locality Nam Sang Wai, Yuen Long, Hong Kong (ssp jouyi)
Bob Thompson 4 March 2010 2 years ago 4.2 -
A grey heron in Paris.
Locality Paris, Île-de-France, France (ssp cinerea)
Rémi Bigonneau 21 November 2009 27 weeks ago 4.2 -
One bird in a lake
Locality Maksimir Park, City of Zagreb, Croatia
Bojan Bencic 1 January 2012 17 weeks ago 4.1
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Calls Locality Antwerp Province, Belgium
(ssp cinerea)
Laurent Demongin 15 April 2010 1 year ago 4.5 -
Calling on the wing Locality Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India
(ssp cinerea)
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 April 1983 2 years ago 4 -
Calls from a heronry with nearly fully fledged young. Locality Portree, Isle of Skye, Scotland, Great Britain
(ssp cinerea)
Stuart Fisher 1 August 2002 3 years ago 4 -
Calls of an individual in flight. Locality Chambal Safari Boating Platform, Chambal River, Rajasthan, India
(ssp cinerea)
Josep del Hoyo 27 February 2011 11 weeks ago 3.5 -
Calls by one bird flying. Locality Nawa Talao Lake, Surendranagar District, Gujarat, India
(ssp cinerea)
Josep del Hoyo 18 February 2011 20 weeks ago 3 -
A bird calling before taking off (among Common Greenshank call). Locality Wild Ass Sanctuary, Little Rann of Kutch, Kutch District, Gujarat, India
(ssp cinerea)
Josep del Hoyo 17 February 2011 21 weeks ago 3
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