Identification Guides – BIRDS

AFRICAN PELICANS, HAMERKOPS (Order Pelicaniformes)
– Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus)
Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus)
– Hamerkop (Scopus umbretta) * According to Wiki, other names include Hammerkop,Hammerkopf, Hammerhead, Hammerhead Stork, Umbrette, Umber Bird, Tufted Umber, or Anvilhead
Hamerkop (Scopus umbretta)

HERONS, IBISES, and SPOONBILLS and STORKS (Order Ciconiiformes)
– American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus)
American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus)
– Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis)
– Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)

– Great Egret (Ardea alba)
Egret - Kensington Park, Michigan
– Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
Snowy Egret - New Orleans City Park
– Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
– Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)
Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)
– Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens)
– Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)
Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)
– Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
– Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
– Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea)
Yellow-crowned Night Heron - New Orleans City Park
– White Ibis (Eudocimus albus)
Count the Legs - White Ibis - Irish Bayou, New Orleans

Young White Ibis - New Orleans City Park
– Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)

See Glossy Ibis image in the African section since I don’t presently have an image photographed in North America – same species both continents.
– White-faced Ibis (Plegadis chichi)
– Roseate Spoonbill (Ajaia ajaja)
Roseate Spoonbill (Ajaia ajaja)
– Wood Stork (Mycteria americana)

AFRICAN HERONS, IBISES, SPOONBILLS and STORKS (Order Ciconiiformes)
– Marabou Stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus)
Marabou Stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus)
– Goliath Heron (Ardea goliath)
Goliath Heron (Ardea Goliath)
– Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) and Yellow-billed Egret (Egreta intermedia)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) and Yellow-billed Egret (Egreta intermedia)
– Yellow-billed Stork (Mycteria ibis)
Yellow-billed Stork (Mycteria ibis)
– Hadada Ibis (Bostrychia hagedash/Hagedashia hagedash)
Hadada Ibis (Bostrychia hagedash/Hagedashia hagedash)
– Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)
Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)
– African Spoonbill (Platalea alba)
African Spoonbill (Platalea alba)

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