Great-billed Heron

Ardea sumatrana - Héron typhon

Héron typhon
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Pelecaniformes

  • Family
    :

    Ardéidés

  • Genus
    :

    Ardea

  • Species
    :

    sumatrana

Descriptor

Raffles, 1822

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 115 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 1300 à 2600 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Héron typhon
adult
Héron typhon

Great-billed Heron (Ardea sumatrana) is a species of bird in the Ardeidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Héron typhon,
  • Garza de Sumatra,
  • garça-de-bico-grande,
  • Rußreiher,
  • nagycsőrű gém,
  • Sumatraanse Reiger,
  • Airone beccogrosso,
  • stornäbbad häger,
  • Sotvingehegre,
  • volavka veľkozobá,
  • volavka šedohnědá,
  • Malajhejre,
  • paksunokkahaikara,
  • agró de Sumatra,
  • czapla szarobrzucha,
  • Малайская серая цапля,
  • Cangak laut,
  • スマトラサギ,
  • 大嘴鹭,
  • นกกระสาใหญ่,
  • 大嘴鷺〔巨嘴鷺，烏灰鷺〕,

Voice song and cries

Héron typhon
adult plum. post breeding

Habitat

Héron typhon
immature

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls) ; Marine Neritic : Estuaries ; Marine Intertidal : Mud Flats and Salt Flats ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Coastal Freshwater Lakes

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

QRcode Héron typhon
published: - Updated: 25-01-2010
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