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Herons and Egrets

great egret
Ardea alba
(Yucatan, Mexico)
great egret
Ardea alba
(Illinois, USA)
gray heron
Ardea cinerea
(Aswan, Egypt)
gray heron
Ardea cinerea
(London, UK)
great blue heron
Ardea herodias
(Yucatan, Mexico)
great blue heron
Ardea herodias
(Yucatan, Mexico)
great blue heron
Ardea herodias
(Illinois, USA)
great blue heron
Ardea herodias
(Illinois, USA)
great blue heron
Ardea herodias
(Illinois, USA)
Chinese pond heron
Ardeola bacchus
(Siem Reap, Cambodia)
cattle egret
Bubulcus ibis
(Yucatan, Mexico)
cattle egrets
Bubulcus ibis
(Yucatan, Mexico
green heron
Butorides virescens
(Illinois, USA)
green heron
Butorides virescens
(Illinois, USA)
green heron
Butorides virescens
(Florida, USA)
green heron
Butorides virescens
(Michigan, USA)
adult
boat-billed heron
Cochlearius cochlearius
(Yucatan, Mexico)
juvenile
boat-billed heron
Cochlearius cochlearius
(Yucatan, Mexico)
little blue heron
Egretta caerulea
(Yucatan, Mexico)
snowy egret
Egretta thula
(Aswan, Egypt)
snowy egrets
Egretta thula
(Yucatan, Mexico)
white-faced heron
Egretta novaehollandiae
(New Zealand)
reddish egret
Egretta rufescens
(Yucatan, Mexico)
tricolored heron
Egretta tricolor
(Yucatan, Mexico)
juvenile
black-crowned night heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
(Illinois, USA)
bare-throated tiger heron
Tigrisoma mexicanum
(Yucatan, Mexico)
bare-throated tiger heron
Tigrisoma mexicanum
(Yucatan, Mexico)

Kingfishers

common kingfisher
Alcedo atthis
(Vietnam)
pied kingfisher
Ceryle rudis
(Egypt)
ringed kingfisher
Ceryle torquata
(Costa Rica)
Oriental dwarf kingfisher
Ceyx erithacus
(Krabi, Thailand)
white-throated kingfisher
Halcyon smyrnensis
(Vietnam)

Parrots

white-fronted parrot
Amazona albifrons
(Costa Rica)
sulfur-crested cockatoo
Cacatua galerita
(Sydney, Australia)
captive
red-crowned parakeet
Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae
(New Zealand)
kea
Nestor notabilis
(New Zealand)
kea
Nestor notabilis
(New Zealand)
kea
Nestor notabilis
(New Zealand)
kea
Nestor notabilis
(New Zealand)
rainbow lorikeets
Trichoglossus haematodus
(Cairns, Australia)

Plovers

killdeer
Charadrius vociferus
(Illinois, USA)

Pacific golden plover
Pluvialis fulva
(Hawaii, USA)

Pacific golden plover
Pluvialis fulva
(Hawaii, USA)
spur-winged plover
Vanellus miles
(Cairns, Australia)