ANATOMY OF BIRDS
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION
MIGRATIONS OF BIRDS
CLASSIFICATION OF BIRDS
LIZARD-TAILED BIRD
AMERICAN TOOTHED-BIRDS
THE OSTRICHES
THE RHEAS
EMEUS AND CASSOWARIES
THE TINAMOUS
THE KIWIS
THE PENGUINS
LOONS AND GREBES
ALBATROSSES & PETRELS
STORK-LIKE BIRDS
GOOSE-LIKE BIRDS
FALCON-LIKE BIRDS
FOWL-LIKE BIRDS
CRANE-LIKE BIRDS
PLOVER-LIKE BIRDS
CUCKOO-LIKE BIRDS
THE ROLLER-LIKE BIRDS
SPARROW-LIKE BIRDS
Birds and Birding's Guide to:
Watching THE STORK-LIKE BIRDS
THE HERONS (Family Ardeida)
Great White Heron
Another striking American species is the Great White Heron (A. occidentalis) of Florida and the Greater Antilles, which is entirely pure white in color, with elongated ornamental plumes on the fore neck. Its habits are similar to those of the Great Blue Heron except that it is perhaps more sedate and less animated. It collects in flocks often of a hundred or more on the flats and sand-bars where it feeds.
The Goliath Heron
(A. goliath) of tropical Africa and occasional in India is another elegant species, being about fifty-four inches in length and having the head and crest-feathers chestnut. South America is also the home of a species allied to the European Heron, namely, the Cocoi Heron (A. cocoi). This species, however, does not nest in communities, at least in Argentina, and is usually seen singly or in pairs, fishing along streams and marshes.
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