Category Archives: Pelecaniformes

Heronry

Pelecaniformes

Place: Forest Farm between Asda car park and Coryton railway cutting
Dates: 19 January 2017.








Place: Swell Wood RSPB nature reserve, Somerset
Dates: 25 May 2013.




[Ardea cinerea, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Grey heron]

The sound of the grey heron (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Patrik Åberg)

Distribution and sightings of the grey heron across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Distribution and sightings of the grey heron across the British Isles

Yellow-billed Egret

Pelecaniformes

Place: Okavango River, Botswana
Dates: 21 August 2012.


Place: Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana
Dates: 30 August 2012.



[Mesophoyx intermedia, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Intermediate egret]

The sound of the yellow-billed egret (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Peter Boesman)

Squacco Heron

Pelecaniformes

Place: Okavango River, Botswana
Dates: 21 August 2012.



[Ardeola ralloides, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Squacco heron]

The sound of the squacco heron (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Peter Boesman)

Distribution of the moorhen across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Great White Egret

Pelecaniformes

Place: Westhay Moor, Somerset Levels
Dates: 10 October 2016.







Place: Shapwick Heath, Somerset Levels
Dates: 11 October 2016.


Place: Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Dates: 11 October 2016.









[Ardea alba, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great egret]

The sound of the great white egret (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jérémy Simar)

Distribution and sightings of the great egret across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Great Blue Heron

Pelecaniformes

Place: Bartolome, Galapagos
Date: 16 August 2010.


[Ardea herodias, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great blue heron]

The sound of the great blue heron (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Mike Nelson)

Distribution of the great blue heron across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Hamerkop

Pelecaniformes

Place: Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana
Date: 29 August 2012.






Place: Okavango River, Botswana
Date: 21 August 2012.



Place: Chobe National Park, Botswana
Date: 24 August 2012.






[Scopus umbretta, Family Scopidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Hamerkop]

The sound of the hamerkop (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Tim Cockcroft)

Young Brown Pelican

Pelecaniformes

Place: Vinales, Cuba
Date: 5 May 2011.






[Pelecanus occidentalis, Family Pelecanidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Brown pelican]

The sound of the brown pelican (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Thore Noernberg)

Grey Heron

Pelecaniformes

Place: Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 5 October 2016.







Place: River Taff near Radyr bridge
Date: 8 October 2016.



[Ardea cinerea, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Grey heron]

The sound of the grey heron (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Patrik Åberg)

Distribution and sightings of the grey heron across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Distribution and sightings of the grey heron across the British Isles

Yellow-crowned Night Heron

Pelecaniformes

Place: Espanola, Galapagos
Date: 13 August 2010.


Place: Genovesa, Galapagos
Date: 17 August 2010.



Place: Parque Seminario, Guayaquil, Ecuador
Date: 20 August 2010.



[Nyctanassa violacea, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Yellow-crowned night heron]

The sound of the yellow-crowned night heron (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist John V. Moore)

Black Egret

Pelecaniformes

Place: Okavango River, Botswana
Date: 21 August 2012.





[Egretta ardesiaca, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black heron]

The sound of the black egret (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Peter Boesman)