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Agami Heron (Agamia agami) standing in riverbank understory in the Pantanal in Brazil. Also known as the Chestnut-bellied Heron.
a wading bird of the heron family found in costa rica
Black-headed Heron.\nThe black-headed heron (Ardea melanocephala) is a wading bird of the heron family Ardeidae, common throughout much of sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar. It is mainly resident, but some west African birds move further north in the rainy season.\n\nThis species usually breeds in the wet season in colonies in trees, reedbeds or cliffs. It builds a bulky stick nest, and lays 2–4 eggs.\n\nIt often feeds in shallow water, spearing fish or frogs with its long, sharp bill. It will also hunt well away from water, taking large insects, small mammals, and birds. It will wait motionless for its prey, or slowly stalk its victim.\n\nThe black-headed heron is a large bird, standing 85 cm tall, and it has a 150 cm wingspan. It is nearly as large as the grey heron, which it resembles in appearance, although it is generally darker. Its plumage is largely grey above, and paler grey below. It has a powerful dusky bill.\n\nThe flight is slow, with the neck retracted. This is characteristic of herons and bitterns, and distinguishes them from storks, cranes, and spoonbills, which extend their necks. The white underwing coverts are striking in flight.\n\nThe call is a loud croaking.
A colourful Agami Heron hunting in the Amazon Rainforest in Ecuador
Mangrove heron a tree, Venezuela
grey heron with breeding plumage stands still at a pond waiting for the prey
Birdlife in the Kruger National Park
Bare-Throated Tiger Heron in the brush in Tortuguero National Park in Costa Rica
The lava heron (Butorides sundevalli), also known as the Galápagos heron, is a species of heron endemic to the Galápagos Islands of Ecuador. These highly territorial birds are found in intertidal zones and mangrove swamps on all of the islands of Galápagos Province. Tower Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.
The bare-throated tiger heron (Tigrisoma mexicanum) is a wading bird of the heron family, Ardeidae, found from Mexico to northwestern Colombia. This large species is found in more open habitats than other Tigrisoma herons, such as river and lake banks. It waits often motionless for suitable prey such as fish, frogs or crabs to come within reach of its long bill.
Grey Heron.\nThe grey heron (Ardea cinerea) is a long-legged wading bird of the heron family, Ardeidae, native throughout temperate Europe and Asia, and also parts of Africa. It is resident in much of its range, but some populations from the more northern parts migrate southwards in autumn. A bird of wetland areas, it can be seen around lakes, rivers, ponds, marshes and on the sea coast. It feeds mostly on aquatic creatures which it catches after standing stationary beside or in the water, or stalking its prey through the shallows.\n\nStanding up to 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) tall, adults weigh from 1 to 2 kg (2 to 4 lb). They have a white head and neck with a broad black stripe that extends from the eye to the black crest. The body and wings are grey above and the underparts are greyish-white, with some black on the flanks. The long, sharply pointed beak is pinkish-yellow and the legs are brown.\n\nThe birds breed colonially in spring in heronries, usually building their nests high in trees. A clutch of usually three to five bluish-green eggs is laid. Both birds incubate the eggs for around 25 days, and then both feed the chicks, which fledge when 7-8 weeks old. Many juveniles do not survive their first winter, but if they do, they can expect to live for about 5 years.\n\nIn Ancient Egypt, the deity Bennu was depicted as a heron in New Kingdom artwork. In Ancient Rome, the heron was a bird of divination. Roast heron was once a specially prized dish; when George Neville became Archbishop of York in 1465, 400 herons were served to the guests.
I think the specie of this bird and Garca Tigre, but i'm still not sure, photo taken in Playa Danta, tamarindo region, Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Treetop perch for Grey heron, Amazon River, Ecuador, South America. Ecuador a beautiful country with many Spanish colonial influences remaining, contains some of the most environmentally sensitive areas in the world, from the Amazon basin to the cloud forest and rainforest regions, each of which are endangered through habitat loss, pollution and population pressures.
Tricolored Heron with a fish in its bill
A bare-throated tiger heron stands near the water's edge in the Cano Negro wetland preserve in Costa Rica.
Black-headed Heron (Ardea melanocephala) adult standing on short grass\
Tricolored Heron at the Wakodahatchee Wetlands in Delray Beach, Florida.
The cocoi heron (Ardea cocoi) is a species of long-legged wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae found across South America. It has predominantly pale grey plumage with a darker grey crest. A carnivore, it hunts fish and crustaceans in shallow water.
Purple Heron.\nThe purple heron (Ardea purpurea) is a wide-ranging heron species. It breeds in Africa, central and southern Europe, and southern and eastern Palearctic. The Western Palearctic populations migrate between breeding and wintering habitats whereas the African and tropical-Asian populations are primarily sedentary, except for occasional dispersive movements.\n\nIt is similar in appearance to the more common grey heron but is slightly smaller, more slender and has darker plumage. It is also a more evasive bird, favouring densely vegetated habitats near water, particularly reed beds. It hunts for a range of prey including fish, rodents, frogs and insects, either stalking them or standing waiting in ambush.\n\nPurple herons are colonial breeders and build a bulky nest out of dead reeds or sticks close to the water' edge among reeds or in dense vegetation. About five bluish-green eggs are laid and are incubated by both birds. The young hatch about four weeks later and fledge six weeks after that. The International Union for Conservation of Nature notes that the global population trend is downwards, largely because of the drainage of wetlands, but assesses the purple heron's conservation status as being of \
Pied Heron near water
The Goliath heron (Ardea goliath), also known as the giant heron, is a very large wading bird of the heron family, Ardeidae. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.
Purple heron standing against a green background and about to change the territory after fishing. - Bird photogrpahy.
A bare-throated tiger-heron walks among tall grasses in Costa Rica.
Portrait of a Goliath heron (Ardea goliath), South Africa
A Bare-throated tiger-heron hunting in a pond on a beach in Costa Rica.
bare-throated tiger heron (Tigrisoma mexicanum) fishing in Cano Negro National Park in Costa Rica
Goliath Heron.\nThe Goliath heron (Ardea goliath), also known as the giant heron, is a very large wading bird of the heron family, Ardeidae. It is found in sub-Saharan Africa, with smaller, declining numbers in Southwest and South Asia.
Agami Heron or Chestnut-Bellied Heron, agamia agami, Adult standing in Water, Los Lianos in Venezuela
Herons survive in the Los Llanos region of Colombia
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