Natural History

Goliath heron

The Goliath heron (Ardea goliath), also known as the giant heron, is a very large wading bird in the heron family, Ardeidae. It is primarily found in sub-Saharan Africa, with smaller, declining numbers in Southwest and South Asia. Asian records are now very rare, but it is still known as an occasional vagrant.

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See also

• ▸List of Antillian and Bermudan species extinct in the Holocene
• ▸Great Plague of 1738
• ▸Coccinella septempunctata

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