Capped Heron
Pilherodius pileatus - Héron coiffé
Systematics
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Order:
Pelecaniformes
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Family:
Ardéidés
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Genus:
Pilherodius
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Species:
pileatus
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 61 cm
- Wingspan: -
- Weight: 518 à 591 g
Geographic range
Identification
Capped Heron (Pilherodius pileatus) is a species of bird in the Ardeidae family.
Subspecific information monotypic species
Foreign names
- Héron coiffé,
- Garza capirotada,
- garça-real-neotropical,
- Kappenreiher,
- kucsmás gém,
- Kapreiger,
- Airone pileato,
- svartkronad häger,
- Kalotthegre,
- volavka čiapočkatá,
- volavka černohlavá,
- Kalothejre,
- kalottihaikara,
- martinet becblau,
- czapla modrolica,
- Южноамериканская кваква,
- シロゴイサギ,
- 蓝嘴黑顶鹭,
- svartkronad häger,
- 嘯鷺,
Habitat
Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)
Threats - protection
IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
in the Wild
Near
threatened
threatened
Not
evaluated
evaluated
EX
EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC
NE
Sources of information
- Birds of Venezuela, Steven L. Hilty
- Birds of Colombia, Steven L. Hilty and William L. Brown
- Vol. 1 - Handbook of the Birds of the World, Josep del Hoyo-Andrew Elliot-Jordi Sargatal
- Birds of Northern South America, an identification guide, Robin Restall, Clemencia Rodner, Miguel Lentino
- Avibase, Lepage Denis
- Wikipédia, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
- IOC World Bird List (v14.2), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.
Other sources of interest
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