Linguistics |
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Ardeola idae |
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Ardeola idae |
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French name : |
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Crabier malgache |
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Malagasy Pond Heron |
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Zoology |
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Looks like the squacco heron with a more robust beak and with a head and a neck covered with more stripes. |
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Migratory bird hardly ever seen in Katanga. One observation was made in Moba. |
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To see a heron with a fish in its beak is a good presage. |
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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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