AFRICAN PELICANS, HAMERKOPS (Order Pelicaniformes)
– Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus)
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– Hamerkop (Scopus umbretta) * According to Wiki, other names include Hammerkop,Hammerkopf, Hammerhead, Hammerhead Stork, Umbrette, Umber Bird, Tufted Umber, or Anvilhead
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HERONS, IBISES, and SPOONBILLS and STORKS (Order Ciconiiformes)
– American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus)

– Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis)
– Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
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– Great Egret (Ardea alba)

– Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)

– Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
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– Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)
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– Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens)
– Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)
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– Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
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– Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) ![]()
– Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea)

– White Ibis (Eudocimus albus)


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