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Great-billed Heron
Ardea sumatranaRaffles, 1822
Native
- Commonness
- Very common
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The great-billed heron is a wading bird of the heron family, resident from southeast Asia to Papua New Guinea and Australia.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- OR, AU : south-east Asia and west Philippines to north Australia and New Guinea
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
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05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
6 photos
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