Bird genealogy >> Order Pelecaniformes >> Family Ardeidae
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Location

Chobe River, Right Bank
Botswana

Metadata

Make Canon EOS 7D
Lens Canon EF 100-400 mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM   at 440 mm
Exposure 1/3200 s, f/7, ISO 400 
Image size 800 x 530 pixels

IOC Names

Deutsch  Rallenreiher Dutch  Ralreiger
Italian  Sgarza ciuffetto Spanish  Garcilla Cangrejera

Comments

A heron which is brownish-buff and cryptic at rest, but reveals bright white wings and tail in flight (see next photo).




 

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    21/08/2011

Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloides
Crabier chevelu

Micheline JACQUEMIN