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Ardeola rufiventris |
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Erythrocnus rufiventris |
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Héron à ventre roux |
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Rufous-bellied Heron |
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Almost entirely blck except for its belly and sides which are red. Legs are yellow. |
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Common in Katanga. Inhabits marshes with dense vegetation. Very discrete, only seen when it flies away to escape. |
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Nidification has been obcerved in the Upemba. |
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Warning :
This database was established according to official pieces of work and with the help of famous scientists. However, there might be some errors.
The vernacular names were collected in the field and in the colonial literature from the first part of the 20th century. The monks who established the first dictionaries were not necessarily informed naturalists. Therefore, errors must have been committed.
We invite everyone who could help us to improve this working tool to contact us in order to correct us and share her/his knowledge with us.
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