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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A close-up of an adult in breeding plumage. Wild bird. Locality Berlin Zoo, Berlin, Germany (ssp cinerea)
Josep del Hoyo 21 March 2008 4 years ago 30 sec 3.8 -
A bird walking and searching for prey Locality Castelflorite, Huesca, Aragón, Spain (ssp cinerea)
Jesús Laborda 15 February 2008 5 years ago 30 sec 3.8 -
A juvenile on a branch, with an Eurasian Buzzard Locality Waimes, Liège Province, Belgium (ssp cinerea)
Jean Hupperetz 29 August 2005 6 years ago 21 sec 3.7 -
A bird looking for some food. Locality Minoh (Minoo), Osaka Prefecture, Honshu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Jeremiusz Trzaska 16 June 2012 47 weeks ago 20 sec 3.7 -
An individual being harassed by a Yellow-legged Gull (part of the clip at slow motion). Locality Tauste, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (ssp cinerea)
Jesús Laborda 27 May 2012 30 weeks ago 45 sec 3.7 -
A bird preening. Locality Ebro Delta, Tarragona Province, Catalonia, Spain (ssp cinerea)
Jesús Laborda 5 December 2011 1 year ago 30 sec 3.7
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One bird in a lake
Locality Maksimir Park, City of Zagreb, Croatia
Bojan Bencic 1 January 2012 1 year ago 4 -
in flight
Locality Cesano Maderno, Lombardy Region, Italy
Cristiano Crolle 8 December 2011 1 year ago 4 -
A young bird
Locality Molentargius Natural Park, Cagliari Province, Sardinia, Italy (ssp cinerea)
raniero massoli-novelli 1 September 2003 1 year ago 4 -
A bird drying its wings in the Olifant riverbed
Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa (ssp cinerea)
Ghislain Gosse 9 September 2005 1 year ago 4 -
Perched
Locality Bosco Negri, Pavia, Lombardy Region, Italy (ssp cinerea)
Cristiano Crolle 8 October 2011 1 year ago 4 -
adult perched
Locality Parc Ornithologique du Pont de Gau, Camargue, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France (ssp cinerea)
Georges Olioso 11 December 2006 1 year ago 4
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Calls during flight Locality Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India
(ssp cinerea)
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 August 2003 3 years ago 3 -
Calls while flying Locality Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India
(ssp cinerea)
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 August 2003 3 years ago 3 -
Bird calls for food to a person who was giving pieces of bread to some birds that were in a pond. Locality Richmond Park, London, England, Great Britain
Antonio Silveira 15 September 2012 33 weeks ago 0 -
Adult calls on the pond because a person was giving food to a ducks. Locality Richmond Park, London, England, Great Britain
Antonio Silveira 15 September 2012 34 weeks ago 0
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