Herons, Bitterns

Great-billed Heron

Ardea sumatrana

The Great-billed Heron (Ardea sumatrana) is a 2.0 kg coastal bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. It stays put all year.

Family

Herons, Bitterns

Order

Pelecaniformes

Weight

2.0 kg

Habitat

Coastal

Diet

Vertebrates, fish and carrion

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

9

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