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Description.TheGoliathHeronisaverylargegreyheronwithchestnuthead,neckandbelly.·Fieldcharacters.TheGoliathHeronisidentifiedbyitsgreatsize​ ...

Ardea goliath (Cretzchmar)

Ardea goliath Cretzchmar, 1826. Ruppells Atlas Reise (Vogel), p. 39, p1.26: ‘Bahhar Abiad’ = Bahr el Abiad or White Nile.

Other names: Garza Goliat in Spanish; Héron goliath in French; Goliathreiher in German; Goliathreiger in Dutch, Goliathägar in Swedish; Цапля-голиаф in Russian.

The Goliath Heron is a very large grey heron with chestnut head, neck and belly. It is the largest living heron.

Adult: Its head is red chestnut, with an elongated, bushy chestnut crest. The bill is very large and thick, black above and pale horn below. The irises are yellow rimmed in red, and the lores are green yellow. Sides of the face and neck and back of the neck are a pale chestnut. The chin and throat are white, with black streaks extending down the neck onto the upper breast. Its back and upper wings are slate grey, with a chestnut “shoulder” patch at the bend of the wing when closed. Lanceolate plumes on the and...