Herons (Ardeidae)
Agami Heron (Agamia agami) - HBW 1, p. 417
French: Héron agami
German: Speerreiher
Spanish: Garza Agamí
Other common names: Chestnut bellied Heron
Taxonomy: Ardea Agami Gmelin, 1789, Cayenne.
Behaviour suggests link with B. striatus. Monotypic.
Distribution: E Mexico through C America and N South America to E Bolivia and N and C Brazil.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An adult walking at the river's edge, clapping the bill several times and looking for prey. Locality Fazenda Praia Alta, Tocantins State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 4 August 2011 19 weeks ago 50 sec 4.5 -
A bird walking slowly at dusk in search of prey, finally catching one and swallowing it Locality Sacha Lodge, Orellana Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 31 August 2007 3 years ago 1 min 19 sec 4.4 -
a individual foraging in a dry channel inside the gallery forest of the Rio Matiyure during the peak of the dry season Locality Hato El Cedral, Apure State, Venezuela (Monotypic species)
DAVID ASCANIO 5 April 2010 1 year ago 36 sec 4.3 -
A single individual in a channel of the Matiyure river, Hato El Cedral Locality Hato El Cedral, Apure State, Venezuela
DAVID ASCANIO 5 April 2010 1 year ago 16 sec 4 -
a individual foraging in a dry channel inside the gallery forest of the Rio Matiyure during the peak of the dry season Locality Hato El Cedral, Apure State, Venezuela
DAVID ASCANIO 5 April 2010 1 year ago 25 sec 4 -
a individual foraging in a dry channel inside the gallery forest of the Rio Matiyure during the peak of the dry season Locality Hato El Cedral, Apure State, Venezuela
DAVID ASCANIO 5 April 2010 1 year ago 44 sec 4
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The same couple but both with a bright red skin face.
Locality Pacuare Nature Reserve, Limón Province, Costa Rica
iniakiag 24 April 2005 3 years ago 4.5 -
An adult bird in a tree stretching the wing.
Locality Cocha Cashu Biological Station, Manu National Park, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madre de Dios Department, Peru (Monotypic species)
Joe Tobias 1 November 2004 6 weeks ago 4.4 -
Bird wading in rainforest stream in morning sunlight
Locality Pipeline Road, Soberanía National Park, Panama
ben lascelles 9 April 2006 2 years ago 4.4 -
Perched in a bush by the edge of the Pixaim river.
Locality Santa Teresa Lodge, Pantanal, Mato Grosso State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Nick Athanas 4 August 2010 1 year ago 4.3 -
A solitary agami heron chick in the colony.
Locality Pacuare Nature Reserve, Limón Province, Costa Rica
iniakiag 1 August 2005 3 years ago 4.3 -
View from above showing crest
Locality Pipeline Road, Soberanía National Park, Panama
ben lascelles 28 April 2006 2 years ago 4.2
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