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 individual flying and landing on the water. Locality Nawa Talao Lake, Surendranagar District, Gujarat, India (ssp cinerea)
Josep del Hoyo 18 February 2011 1 year ago 24 sec 3.4 -
Two birds flying and coming down. Locality Candasnos, Huesca, Aragón, Spain (ssp cinerea)
Jesús Laborda 1 October 2011 1 year ago 20 sec 3.4 -
A bird sunning, panting and suddenly becoming alert. Locality Ebro Delta, Tarragona Province, Catalonia, Spain (ssp cinerea)
Jesús Laborda 1 August 2008 4 years ago 29 sec 3.4 -
A bird keeping still on the ground Locality Al Safa Park, Dubai Emirate, United Arab Emirates (ssp cinerea)
Eric Roualet 22 February 2008 5 years ago 8 sec 3.4 -
An adult standing in a field before flying away Locality Lower Austria, Austria (ssp cinerea)
Malcolm Mark Swan 29 May 2006 5 years ago 12 sec 3.4 -
An individual flying. Locality Candasnos, Huesca, Aragón, Spain (ssp cinerea)
Jesús Laborda 18 January 2012 1 year ago 9 sec 3.3
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Grey Heron stood at edge of sea with fish in bill
Locality Maldive Islands
Philip Perry 1 May 2006 46 weeks ago 3.8 -
There are many different species fishing at the same spot in one morning. I am able to capture the Osprey, White-bellied sea eag
Locality Singapore
William IP 27 November 2011 1 year ago 3.8 -
A young bird, very near to my hide
Locality Molentargius Natural Park, Cagliari Province, Sardinia, Italy (ssp cinerea)
raniero massoli-novelli 1 September 2003 2 years ago 3.8 -
A bird walking slowly near water
Locality Teich Bird Reserve, Gironde, Aquitanie, France (ssp cinerea)
Nicole Bouglouan 14 May 2005 3 years ago 3.8 -
Heron warming up in the sun
Locality South Holland Province, Netherlands (ssp cinerea)
Rob Belterman 19 March 2011 2 years ago 3.8 -
An adult perched by the waters edge
Locality Bhavani Sagar, Erode District, Tamil Nadu, India
vasanthan.p.j 7 January 2012 1 year ago 3.8
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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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