"Ardeola" redirects here. For the community in the United States, see Ardeola, Missouri.
Pond herons (Ardeola) are herons, typically 40–50 cm (16–20 in) long with an 80–100 cm (30–40 in) wingspan. Most breed in the tropical Old World, but the migratorysquacco heron occurs in southern Europe and the Middle East and winters in Africa. The scientific name comes from Latinardeola, a small heron (ardea).[1]
These pond herons are stocky species with a short neck, short thick bill, typically buff or brownish back, and coloured or streaked fore neck and breast. In summer, adults may have long neck feathers. Ardeola herons are transformed in flight, looking very white due to the brilliant white wings.
Their breeding habitat is marshy wetlands. They nest in small colonies, often with other wading birds, usually on platforms of sticks in trees or shrubs. Two to five eggs are laid.
These herons feed on insects, fish and amphibians. They are often found on small ponds giving rise to the English name shared by most of the species.
pond, heron, ardeola, redirects, here, community, united, states, ardeola, missouri, ardeola, herons, typically, long, with, wingspan, most, breed, tropical, world, migratory, squacco, heron, occurs, southern, europe, middle, east, winters, africa, scientific,. Ardeola redirects here For the community in the United States see Ardeola Missouri Pond herons Ardeola are herons typically 40 50 cm 16 20 in long with an 80 100 cm 30 40 in wingspan Most breed in the tropical Old World but the migratory squacco heron occurs in southern Europe and the Middle East and winters in Africa The scientific name comes from Latin ardeola a small heron ardea 1 Pond heron Indian pond heron Ardeola grayii Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Aves Order Pelecaniformes Family Ardeidae Subfamily Ardeinae Genus ArdeolaF Boie 1822 Type species Ardea ralloides Species See text These pond herons are stocky species with a short neck short thick bill typically buff or brownish back and coloured or streaked fore neck and breast In summer adults may have long neck feathers Ardeola herons are transformed in flight looking very white due to the brilliant white wings Their breeding habitat is marshy wetlands They nest in small colonies often with other wading birds usually on platforms of sticks in trees or shrubs Two to five eggs are laid These herons feed on insects fish and amphibians They are often found on small ponds giving rise to the English name shared by most of the species Species editImage Name Common name Distribution nbsp Ardeola grayii Indian pond heron southern Iran and east to Pakistan India Burma Bangladesh and Sri Lanka nbsp Ardeola ralloides Squacco heron southern Europe Greater Middle East and Africa nbsp Ardeola bacchus Chinese pond heron Breeds in eastern China Japan and adjacent areas spends non breeding season in far southern China and southeast Asia nbsp Ardeola speciosa Javan pond heron Mainland Southeast Asia the Sunda Islands and southern Philippines nbsp Ardeola idae Malagasy pond heron Breeds in Madagascar Reunion and Seychelles spends non breeding season in eastern mainland Africa nbsp Ardeola rufiventris Rufous bellied heron Africa Angola Botswana Burundi Democratic Republic of the Congo Kenya Lesotho Malawi Mali Mozambique Namibia Rwanda South Africa Swaziland Tanzania Uganda Zambia and ZimbabweReferences edit Jobling James A 2010 The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names London Christopher Helm p 54 ISBN 978 1 4081 2501 4 nbsp This Pelecaniformes related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Pond heron amp oldid 1193072007, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
