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| Ardeola idae |
(Hartlaub, 1860) |
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Family: herons |
Order: Ciconiiformes |
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Madagascar pond-heron |
Crabier blanc |
Garcilla malgache |
Dickschnabelreiher |
| Migration: intracontinental |
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1st year birds stay on wintering grounds in Africa |
Migrates to C and E Africa; a few birds remain in Madagascar, but away from breeding grounds; relatively
common at such sites, May-Oct. First year birds apparently stay in Africa during breeding season. Vagrant to
Comoros Is and Seychelles. (del Hoyo J, Elliott A, Sargatal J (eds), 1992)
- digitised by GROMS, after del Hoyo J A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (1992) - www.hbw.com,
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(A digitised version of this map is published in GIS shape format on the GROMS CD).
| Regions: Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Feedback: mail to Klaus Riede |
| (Last update: 26.04.04 by E.Heuel) |