WoRMS taxon details
basis of record
Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. <em>Academic Press, London.</em> [details]
From other sources
Description Length: 45-48 cm. Plumage: dark brown above heavily streaked with black; dull brown heavily streaked black on mantle, head and breast; lower breast and belly white. Breeding adult white with pale buff wash on back foreneck and breast or snow white. Immature like non-breeding adult. Bare parts: iris yellow.; lores yellow, greenish in breeding birds; bill greenish grey to dark horn with a black tip, blue in breeding birds; feet and legs greenish yellow (rose pink when breeding). Habitat: marine reefs at low tide; wooded bodies of water inland. <388><393><391> [details]
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Dutch |
Madagaskar-ralreiger |
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English |
Malagasy pond heronMadagascar squacco heronMadagascar pond-heron |
[details] |
French |
crabier blanc |
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German |
Dickschnabelreiher |
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