Squacco Heron Gallery

Squacco Heron (Buphus Comatus) (hand-coloured litho)

1772801 Squacco Heron (Buphus Comatus) (hand-coloured litho) by Gould, John (1804-81) (after); Collection of the Duke of Devonshire, Chatsworth House, UK; (add.info.: Illustration from The Birds of Great Britain by John Gould, printed in London, 1862-73.
Most plates engraved by H. Richter.); © Devonshire Collection, Chatsworth; Reproduced by permission of Chatsworth Settlement Trustees; English, out of copyright

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Squacco Heron

WAT-9347
Squacco Heron
Kenya - Africa
Ardeola ralloides
Distribution: Southern Europe and the Middle East. Winters in Africa.
M. Watson
Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

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Africa, African, Bird, East Africa, Face, Faces, Head, Heads, Heron, Kenya, Marsh, Marshes, Single, Wet Land, Wet Lands, Wild Life

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Squacco Heron in breeding plumage. just caught a tadpole. This is a stocky species with a short neck, short thick bill and buff-brown back. In summer, adults have long neck feathers. Its appearance is transformed in flight, when it looks very white due to the colour of the wings

Ardea, Ardeola, Botswana, Breeding, Hheron, Okavango, Plumage, Ralloides, Squacco, Tadpole