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    (c) Marie Delport, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Lip Kee, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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    (c) Markus Lilje, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

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    (c) Rogério Ferreira, all rights reserved

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    (c) markus lilje, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

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    (c) tjeerd, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Goliath Heron

Ardea goliath

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About

The Goliath heron (Ardea goliath), also known as the giant heron, is a very large wading bird of the heron family, Ardeidae. It is found in sub-Saharan Africa, with smaller numbers in Southwest and South Asia.

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