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70 Herons, Bitterns Ardeidae
White-crested Tiger Heron Tigriornis leucolopha
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Rufescent Tiger Heron Tigrisoma lineatum
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Bare-throated Tiger Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum
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Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius
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Agami Heron Agamia agami
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Zigzag Heron Zebrilus undulatus
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Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
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American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
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Pinnated Bittern Botaurus pinnatus
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Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis
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Black Bittern Ixobrychus flavicollis
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Cinnamon Bittern Ixobrychus cinnamomeus
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Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus
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Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis
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Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
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Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
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Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
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Malayan Night Heron Gorsachius melanolophus
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Capped Heron Pilherodius pileatus
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Whistling Heron Syrigma sibilatrix
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Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
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Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
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Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
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Slaty Egret Egretta vinaceigula
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Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
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Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra
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Chinese Egret Egretta eulophotes
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Snowy Egret Egretta thula
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Little Egret Egretta garzetta
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Dimorphic Egret Egretta dimorpha
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Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
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Pied Heron Egretta picata
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White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
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White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
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White-eared Night Heron Oroanassa magnifica
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Striated Heron Butorides striata
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Green Heron Butorides virescens
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Forest Bittern Zonerodius heliosylus
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Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
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Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
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Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
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Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
Angola    27.04.1996     Angolan fauna 12v sheet   5100k
Antigua & Barbuda    04.11.2009     Birds   5$
Ascension    11.10.1994     Christmas 5v set   30p
Ascension    15.06.1998     Migratory birds   35p
Bahamas    24.02.2004     Harrold & Wilson Ponds 6v set   15c
Barbados    07.08.1979     Birds   10c
Belgian Congo    15.10.1959     Wild animals 12v set   20c
Biafra    1968     Overprint SOVEREIGN BIAFRA on Nigeria 1966.01-02   1£
Bophuthatswana    05.01.1983     Pilanesberg nature reserve 4v set   8c
Botswana    01.07.1982     Birds   7t
Botswana    03.08.1987     Animals 20v set   12t
Botswana    27.04.1990     Surcharge on 1987.02   50t
Botswana    09.03.1992     Surcharge on 1987.02   8t
Botswana    09.03.1992     Surcharge on 1987.02   10t
Botswana    11.10.2004     SAPOA Sheet   5p
Botswana    11.10.2004     SAPOA   5p
Botswana    23.11.2023     Hippopotamus 3v set     10p
Botswana    23.11.2023     Hippopotamus 3v sheet     10p
British Indian Ocean Territory    21.06.2004     Birds definitives   26p
British Virgin Islands    03.07.1985     Birds of the British Virgin Islands   3$
British Virgin Islands    10.02.1986     Overprint OFFICIAL on 1985.01   3$
British Virgin Islands    28.10.1987     Imprint 1987 on 1985.01   3$
Bulgaria    07.04.1981     Birds   13s
Burkina Faso    2001     Birds   170f
Burundi    26.08.2021     Fauna 5v set   1690f
Cameroun    20.09.1979     Endangered animals 5v set   100f
Cape Juby    02.10.1944     Overprint CABO JUBY on Sp Morocco 1944.01   1c
Cape Juby    02.10.1944     Overprint CABO JUBY on Sp Morocco 1944.01     30c
Cape Verde Islands    19.07.2003     Herons and egrets   42e
Centralafrica    14.11.1983     WWF 4v set   40f
Centralafrica    03.04.1998     Boy scouts association 8v sheet   300f
Chad    01.08.2000     Rhinoceros 4v sheet with 2 of each   375f
China (Taiwan)    03.02.2000     24 seasonal periods - spring 6v strip   5$
Comoro Islands    05.09.2009     Herons Sheet   350f
Congo (Kinshasa)    30.06.1960     Overprint CONGO on Belgian Congo 1959.01     20c
Congo (Kinshasa)    1964     Surcharge on 1960.01   1f
Congo (Kinshasa)    1964     Overprint REPUBLIQUE... on Belgian Congo 1959.01   1f
Congo (Kinshasa)    16.08.2000     Birds of Congo   3f
Czechoslovakia    03.11.1976     Dvurkralove wildlife park 6v set   20h
Dominica    15.04.1995     Birds Sheet   65c
France    09.11.2015     UNESCO   0.95€
Gambia    04.11.1963     Birds   1½d
Gambia    18.02.1965     Overprint INDEPENDENCE on 1963.01   1½d
Gambia    15.09.2014     National parks of Africa 2v sheet   75d
Ghana    28.02.2000     Wildlife 8v sheet   1200c
Grenadines (St V)    11.05.1978     Birds and their eggs   15c
Grenadines (St V)    01.07.1980     Birds and their eggs "1980"   15c
Guinea    08.09.1998     Animals in danger of extinction 6v sheet   450f
Guinea    20.03.2015     Buffalos 4v sheet   15000f
Guinea-Bissau    25.06.2003     African animals 6v sheet   350f
Guinea-Bissau    15.03.2005     Fauna, Schweitzer 6v sheet   400f
Guinea-Bissau    15.03.2005     Fauna, Schweitzer 6v sheet   400f
Guinea-Bissau    18.02.2015     Endangered animals 4v sheet   800f
Guinea-Bissau    24.04.2015     Rhinoceroses 4v sheet   850f
Isle of Man    13.09.2013     A journey through Africa 4v sheet   75p
Israel    05.12.2007     Hula nature reserve   2.25s
Israel    05.12.2007     Hula nature reserve Booklet, sa   2.25s
Israel    14.05.2008     Hula nature reserve Prestige booklet, sa   2.25s
Ivory Coast    14.05.2001     Abokouamé 4v set   50f
Ivory Coast    14.05.2001     Abokouamé 4v set   100f
Ivory Coast    14.05.2001     Abokouamé 4v set   400f
Katanga    19.09.1960     Overprint KATANGA on Belgian Congo 1959.01   20c
Lesotho    05.04.1988     Birds   1m
Lesotho    1991     Imprint 1989 on 1988.01     1m
Liberia    26.06.1975     Albert Schweitzer 6v set   5c
Liberia    19.08.1996     Birds Sheet   25c
Liberia    15.09.2001     African wildlife 12v sheet   10$
Liberia    26.05.2003     Surcharge on 1996.02 Sheet   15$
Liberia    19.04.2019     African Buffalo 4v sheet   250$
Malagasy    23.12.1986     Birds   450f
Malawi    04.02.1981     Wildlife 4v set   20t
Malawi    24.08.1987     Hippopotamus 4v set   1k
Malawi    24.08.1987     Hippopotamus 4v sheet   1k
Malawi    11.10.2004     SAPOA Sheet   15k
Malawi    04.06.2018     Malawi indigenous birds   450k
Maldive Islands    15.12.2014     Wading birds and insect   60r
Marshall Islands    16.09.1999     Birds of the Marshall Islands   3.20$
Marshall Islands    29.05.2002     Tropical island birds Sheet   37c
Marshall Islands    03.06.2008     Colourful birds of the world Sheet   42c
Mayotte    01.04.1998     Birds of Mayotte   30f
Montserrat    18.05.1981     Montserrat National Trust   65c
Montserrat    28.05.1984     Birds   5c
Montserrat    12.04.1985     Overprint OHMS on 1984.01   5c
Montserrat    01.04.2009     Birds of Montserrat Sheet   2.75$
Mozambique    24.09.1999     Mammals 6v sheet   6500m
Mozambique    20.09.2002     WWF 4v set   19000m
Mozambique    20.09.2002     WWF 4v sheet   19000m
Mozambique    25.06.2013     Elephants Sheet   16m
Mozambique    25.06.2013     Elephants Sheet   16m
Mozambique    25.06.2013     Elephants Sheet   92m
Mozambique    25.06.2013     Elephants Sheet   92m
Mozambique    25.06.2013     Elephants   175m
Namibia    11.10.2004     SAPOA Sheet   3.40$
Namibia    07.07.2016     Herons   stand.
Nicaragua    31.10.1994     Nicaraguan forest fauna 16v sheet   2cor
Niger    15.11.1968     Birds "Postes 1968"   50f
Niger    31.07.1972     Birds "Postes 1972"   50f
Niger    1978     Birds "Postes 1978"   50f
Niger    1996     Birds "Postes 1996" at top     35f
Niger    1996     Birds "Postes 1996" at the bottom   35f
Niger    1997     Birds "Postes 1997"   35f
Niger    1998     Birds     35f
Niger    30.11.2014     Waterbirds Sheet   750f
Nigeria    02.05.1966     Definitives   1£
Nigeria    08.06.1999     FEPA 4v set   30n
Palau    14.07.2011     Seabirds Sheet   98c
Rwanda    28.04.1965     The national park at the Kagera river 10v set   40c
Rwanda    20.03.1972     Akagera national park 10v set   1f
Sierra Leone    18.05.1999     Birds of Africa Sheet   600l
Sierra Leone    10.03.2008     Surcharge on 1999.05 Sheet   2800l
South Africa    11.10.2004     SAPOA Sheet   12.05r
Southern Rhodesia    15.04.1953     Cecil Rhodes 5v set   1d
Spanish Morocco    02.10.1944     Agricultural scenes   1c
Spanish Morocco    02.10.1944     Agricultural scenes     30c
Sri Lanka    02.12.2016     Unseen Sri Lanka 12v set   25r
Sri Lanka    02.12.2016     Unseen Sri Lanka 12v sheet   25r
Sri Lanka    02.12.2016     Unseen Sri Lanka 4v sheet   25r
St Kitts    05.02.1981     Birds   50c
St Kitts    05.02.1981     Overprint OFFICIAL on 1981.01   50c
Swaziland    11.10.2004     SAPOA   1.35e
Swaziland    11.10.2004     SAPOA Sheet   1.90e
Tanzania    30.06.1993     Wildlife at a watering hole in Tanzania 12v sheet   100s
Tanzania    09.10.1997     Tourist attractions of East Africa 4v set   410s
Tanzania    30.04.2002     The big five 5v sheet   250s
Tanzania    30.04.2002     The big five 5v sheet   250s
Tanzania    22.04.2003     Animal giants 5v set   500s
Tanzania    30.04.2004     Tanzania northern circuit 6v set   800s
Tanzania    2014     The big five 5v sheet   1800s
Togo    01.06.2015     Rhinoceros   2500f
Trinidad & Tobago    17.12.1990     Birds Script wmk   10$
Trinidad & Tobago    18.02.1994     Hong Kong 94     10$
Trinidad & Tobago    14.10.1998     Birds Block wmk     10$
Tristan da Cunha    20.11.1989     Vagrant birds   10p
Turks & Caicos Islands    02.10.2000     Birds of the Caribbean Sheet   60c
Uganda    03.12.1979     Wildlife   10s
Uganda    03.12.1979     Wildlife   20s
Uganda    19.12.1983     New face value   1000s
Uganda    21.08.1985     Audubon   155s
Uganda    22.07.1987     Flora and fauna   150s
Uganda    25.09.1992     Wildlife 8v set   3000s
Upper Volta    01.11.1978     Philexafrique   100f
Yugoslavia    29.12.1981     Paintings of animals 4v set   8d
Zaire    1997     Rhinoceros 4v sheet   40000z
Zambia    11.10.2004     SAPOA Sheet   750k
Zimbabwe    11.10.2004     SAPOA Sheet   5000$
Zimbabwe    20.02.2007     Birds of Zimbabwe   100$
Zimbabwe    20.02.2007     Birds of Zimbabwe Sheet   100$
Eastern Cattle Egret Bubulcus coromandus
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Great Egret Ardea alba
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Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
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Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
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Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
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Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi
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Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
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White-bellied Heron Ardea insignis
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Great-billed Heron Ardea sumatrana
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Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
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Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
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