[order] CICONIIFORMES | [family] Ciconiidae | [latin] Anastomus lamelligerus | [authority] Temminck, 1823 | [UK] African Openbill | [FR] Bec-ouvert africain | [DE] Mohren-Klaffschnabel | [ES] Picotenaza Africano | [NL] Afrikaanse Gaper Subspecies Monotypic species Genus The openbill storks or openbills are two species of stork (family Ciconiidae) in the genus Anastomus. They are large […]
Category: Ciconiiformes
African Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
[order] CICONIIFORMES | [family] Threskiornithidae | [latin] Threskiornis aethiopicus | [authority] Latham, 1790 | [UK] African Sacred Ibis | [FR] Ibis sacre | [DE] Heiliger Ibis | [ES] Ibis Sagrado | [NL] Heilige Ibis Subspecies Genus Species subspecies Region Range Threskiornis aethiopicus AF Africa south of the Sahara, Iraq Genus Threskiornis is a genus of […]
Abdims Stork (Ciconia abdimii)
[order] CICONIIFORMES | [family] Ciconiidae | [latin] Ciconia abdimii | [authority] Lichtenstein, 1823 | [UK] Abdims Stork | [FR] Cigogne d’Abdim | [DE] Abdimstorch | [ES] Ciguena de Abdim | [NL] Abdimooievaar Subspecies Genus Species subspecies Region Range Ciconia abdimii AF se Genus Storks are rather well represented in the world fossil record, although no […]
Rodrigues Night-heron (Nycticorax megacephalus)
The story During 1691 a small band of Huguenots, fleeing from religious persecution in France, ended up marooned for around two years on the Mascarene island of Rodrigues, far out in the Indian Ocean. Their leader was one Francois Leguat, and this gentleman made notes on the things he saw during his stay on the […]
Western Reef Heron (Egretta gularis)
Ciconiiformes Ardeidae Western Reef Heron (Egretta gularis) [order] Ciconiiformes | [family] Ardeidae | [latin] Egretta gularis | [UK] Western Reef Heron | [FR] Aigrette à gorge blanche | [DE] Küstenreiher | [ES] Garceta Dimorfa | [IT] Airone schistaceo | [NL] Westelijke Rifreiger Physical charateristics This bird has two plumage colour forms. There is an all-white […]
American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus)
Ciconiiformes Ardeidae American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) [order] Ciconiiformes | [family] Ardeidae | [latin] Botaurus lentiginosus | [UK] American Bittern | [FR] Butor d’Amérique | [DE] Nordamerikanische Rohrdommel | [ES] Avetoro Lentiginoso | [IT] Tarabuso americano | [NL] Amerikaanse Roerdomp Physical charateristics The American Bittern is a medium-sized heron with a stout body and a neck, […]
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis habitat use andassociation with cattle
Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) Science Article 5 abstract Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis has a worldwide distribution. In India it is common in a variety of habitats, especially wetlands, throughout the peninsula. Freshwater marshes and paddy fields were identified as the most important foraging habitats by Meyerricks (1962) and Seedikkoya (2004), although there are pronounced seasonal […]
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis habitat use andassociation with cattle
Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) Science Article 5 abstract Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis has a worldwide distribution. In India it is common in a variety of habitats, especially wetlands, throughout the peninsula. Freshwater marshes and paddy fields were identified as the most important foraging habitats by Meyerricks (1962) and Seedikkoya (2004), although there are pronounced seasonal […]