Herons, Bitterns

Yellow-billed Egret

Ardea brachyrhyncha

The Yellow-billed Egret (Ardea brachyrhyncha) is a 459 g wetland bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. Some populations migrate.

Family

Herons, Bitterns

Order

Pelecaniformes

Weight

459 g

Habitat

Wetland

Diet

Aquatic predator

Migration

Partial migrant

Countries recorded

34

Recorded in South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Botswana, Uganda, Gambia, Zambia, Senegal, Ghana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Malawi, Côte d'Ivoire, Nigeria, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cabo Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Republic of the Congo, Angola, Burkina Faso, Benin, Cameroon, Liberia, Guinea, Spain, Gabon, S. Sudan, Chad, Togo, Sierra Leone, Mauritania.

Where to see it: Water hole and forest near Rajaf (South Sudan); Grand-Bassam—Pont de la Victoire et Lagune Ouladine (Côte d'Ivoire); Saga rice paddies (Niger); Plaine de So (Benin); RN Technopole (Senegal).

Photo: (c) Henry de Lange, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist