"pelecaniformes"

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5 September 2023

The American Woodstork is an endangered species of wading bird. It is endangered primarily through habitat loss.

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#10466532

5 September 2023

The American Woodstork is an endangered species of wading bird. It is endangered primarily through habitat loss.

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#10466534

5 September 2023

The American Woodstork is an endangered species of wading bird. It is endangered primarily through habitat loss.

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#10466476

5 September 2023

The great egret (Ardea alba), is a large, widely distributed egret. Recently it is also spreading to more northern areas of Europe. Distributed across most of the tropical and warmer temperate regions of the world, it builds tree nests in colonies close to water. In North America, large numbers of great egrets were killed toward the end of the 19th century so that their plumes, known as ''aigrettes'', could be used to decorate hats. This brought the species to the brink of extinction. Conservation efforts have allowed the bird to rebound and thrive.

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#10466480

5 September 2023

The great egret (Ardea alba), is a large, widely distributed egret. Recently it is also spreading to more northern areas of Europe. Distributed across most of the tropical and warmer temperate regions of the world, it builds tree nests in colonies close to water. In North America, large numbers of great egrets were killed toward the end of the 19th century so that their plumes, known as ''aigrettes'', could be used to decorate hats. This brought the species to the brink of extinction. Conservation efforts have allowed the bird to rebound and thrive.

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#10463928

5 September 2023

The great blue heron (Ardea herodias) is a large wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae, common near the shores of open water and in wetlands over most of North and Central America, as well as far northwestern South America, the Caribbean and the Galapagos Islands. An all-white population found in south Florida and the Florida Keys is known as the great white heron. Debate exists about whether this represents a white color morph of the great blue heron, a subspecies of it, or an entirely separate species.

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#10463932

5 September 2023

The great blue heron (Ardea herodias) is a large wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae, common near the shores of open water and in wetlands over most of North and Central America, as well as far northwestern South America, the Caribbean and the Galapagos Islands. An all-white population found in south Florida and the Florida Keys is known as the great white heron. Debate exists about whether this represents a white color morph of the great blue heron, a subspecies of it, or an entirely separate species.

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#10463936

5 September 2023

The great blue heron (Ardea herodias) is a large wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae, common near the shores of open water and in wetlands over most of North and Central America, as well as far northwestern South America, the Caribbean and the Galapagos Islands. An all-white population found in south Florida and the Florida Keys is known as the great white heron. Debate exists about whether this represents a white color morph of the great blue heron, a subspecies of it, or an entirely separate species.

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#10463938

5 September 2023

The great blue heron (Ardea herodias) is a large wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae, common near the shores of open water and in wetlands over most of North and Central America, as well as far northwestern South America, the Caribbean and the Galapagos Islands. An all-white population found in south Florida and the Florida Keys is known as the great white heron. Debate exists about whether this represents a white color morph of the great blue heron, a subspecies of it, or an entirely separate species.

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#9977902

27 April 2023

A Painted Stork Inside the Anasagar lake in Ajmer, Rajasthan on 27 April 2023.

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27 April 2023

A Painted Stork Inside the Anasagar lake in Ajmer, Rajasthan on 27 April 2023.

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12 April 2023

A Gray Heron (Ardea cinerea) inside the Lake in Ajmer, India on 12 April 2023.

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6 February 2023

A Great white Egret catch fish near the lake in Ajmer, India on 05 February 2023.

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#9507904

28 January 2023

The glossy ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) is a water bird in the order Pelecaniformes and the ibis and spoonbill family Threskiornithidae found in Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and Americas. The scientific name derives from the Ancient Greek plegados and Latin, falcis, both meaning ''sickle'' and referring to the distinctive shape of the bill. The head, rest of upperparts, wings, and tail blackish glossed with purple and green with a decurved bill, long neck, and long legs. This photo was taken at the OxBow Lake known as 'Chupi Char' in East Burdawan, West Bengal; India on 28/01/2023.

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#9507906

28 January 2023

The glossy ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) is a water bird in the order Pelecaniformes and the ibis and spoonbill family Threskiornithidae found in Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and Americas. The scientific name derives from the Ancient Greek plegados and Latin, falcis, both meaning ''sickle'' and referring to the distinctive shape of the bill. The head, rest of upperparts, wings, and tail blackish glossed with purple and green with a decurved bill, long neck, and long legs. This photo was taken at the OxBow Lake known as 'Chupi Char' in East Burdawan, West Bengal; India on 28/01/2023.

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#9507908

28 January 2023

The glossy ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) is a water bird in the order Pelecaniformes and the ibis and spoonbill family Threskiornithidae found in Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and Americas. The scientific name derives from the Ancient Greek plegados and Latin, falcis, both meaning ''sickle'' and referring to the distinctive shape of the bill. The head, rest of upperparts, wings, and tail blackish glossed with purple and green with a decurved bill, long neck, and long legs. This photo was taken at the OxBow Lake known as 'Chupi Char' in East Burdawan, West Bengal; India on 28/01/2023.

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