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Platalea leucorodia
Family:
Herons, storks and ibises
Length:
80cm to 90cm
Wingspan:
120cm to 135cm
Weight:
1.3kg to 2kg
Other birds in the Herons, storks and ibises family
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Cocoi Heron
A large and gregarious heron that can be found across the lowlands and wetlands of South America. The Cocoi Heron is monotypic and can be fairly easy and common to see in its range.
Little Bittern
Purple Heron
Little Egret
Elegant and poised heron with white plumage.
Grey Heron
Despite their large frame, these greyish-white birds are elegant and graceful, often found statuesque beside ponds.
Great White Egret
Cattle Egret
Originating in Africa, the western Mediterranean and sub-tropical Asia, the cattle egret has expanded naturally over the last hundred years to South America in the late 1800’s and North America as recently as the early 1950’s. Australia recorded its first migrants in 1940 whilst New Zealand’s population of egrets was established as late as 1960.
Bittern
One of the rarest breeding birds in the UK, a secretive and difficult to see member of the heron family.
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