White-necked Heron

Ardea pacifica - Héron à tête blanche

Systematics

Order
:
Pelecaniformes
Family
:
Ardéidés
Genus
:
Ardea
Species
:
pacifica

Descriptor

Latham, 1801

Biometrics

Size
: 106 cm
Wingspan
: 147 à 160 cm.
Weight
:

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

White-necked Heron (Ardea pacifica) is a species of bird in the Ardeidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

Héron à tête blanche,
Garza cuelliblanca,
garça-de-pescoço-branco,
Weißhalsreiher,
fehérnyakú gém,
Withalsreiger,
Airone del Pacifico,
vithalsad häger,
Hvithodehegre,
volavka bielokrká,
volavka bělokrká,
Hvidhalset Hejre,
valkopäähaikara,
bernat collblanc,
czapla białoszyja,
Белошейная цапля,
Cangak pasifik,
シロガシラサギ,
白颈鹭,
白頸鷺,

Voice song and cries

play
pause

Habitat

Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded ; Wetlands (inland) : Seasonal/Intermittent/Irregular Rivers/Streams/Creeks, Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha) ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Coastal Brackish/Saline Lagoons/Marine Lakes ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Pastureland