Bitterns, Night-herons and Pond-herons
CICONIIFORMES - Infraorder Ciconiides - Family Ardeidae
This room displays photos of Bitterns, Night-herons, Pond-herons and allies.
for other members in the same family, like egrets, see herons room.
click image or number in brackets to see a larger version.
click (if any) to see an even bigger photo in a separate window.
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Black-crowned Night-Heron [1][2], Goisagi or Nycticorax nycticorax. photo: 02/2002, Shizuoka, Japan
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Black-crowned Night-Heron (J), Goisagi or Nycticorax nycticorax. photo: 02/2002, Shizuoka, Japan
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Yellow Bittern [1][2], Yoshigoi or Ixobrychus sinensis. photo: 07/2002, Chiba, Japan
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Cinnamon Bittern, Ryukyu Yoshigoi or Ixobrychus cinnamomeus. photo: 12/2002, Okinawa, Japan.
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Chinese Pond-Heron [1], Akagashira sagi or Ardeola bacchus. photo: 12/2002, Okinawa, Japan.
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Striated Heron [1], Sasa Goi or Butorides striatus. photo: 08/2003, Tokyo, Japan.
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Rufous Night-Heron [1][2], Hashibuto Goi or Nycticorax caledonicus. photo: 08/2003, Kakadu, NT, Australia.
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Rufous Night-Heron [4(J)], Hashibuto Goi or Nycticorax caledonicus. photo: 08/2003, Kakadu, NT, Australia.
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Rufouscent Tiger-Heron, Torafu Sagi or Tigrisoma lineatum. photo: 08/2004, Peperpot, Suriname.
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Capped Heron, Shiro Goisagi or Piherodius pileatus. photo: 08/2004, Foengoe Island, Suriname.
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Black-crowned Night-Heron [4], Goisagi or Nycticorax nycticorax. photo: 08/2004, Paramaribo, Suriname.
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Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (J), Shiraga Goi or Nyctanassa violacea. photo: 08/2004, Paramaribo, Suriname.
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White-backed Night-Heron, Sejiro Mizogoi or Gorsachius leuconotus. photo: 08/2005, Divundu, Namibia. |
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Striated Heron [2][3], Sasa Goi or Butorides striatus. photo: 08/2005, Divundu, Namibia. |
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| Black-crowned Night-Heron [5][6], Goisagi or Nycticorax nycticorax. photo: 05/2006, Kumamoto, Japan. |
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Striated Heron [4], Sasa Goi or Butorides striatus. photo: 09/2006, Krabi, Thailand. |
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Black-crowned Night-Heron [7][8], Goisagi or Nycticorax nycticorax. photo: 07/2007, Hawai'i Island, Hawaii. |
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| Chinese Pond-Heron [2][3], Akagashira sagi or Ardeola bacchus. photo: 11/2007, Caiyuan, Penghu Islands, Taiwan. |
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Chinese Pond-Heron [4][5][6][7], Akagashira sagi or Ardeola bacchus. photo: 11/2007, Caiyuan, Penghu Islands, Taiwan. |
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Malayan Night-Heron, Zuguro Mizogoi or Gorsachius melanolophus. photo: 06/2008, Guanziling, Taiwan. |
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