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Heron

Herons are long-legged, long-necked, freshwater and coastal birds in the family Ardeidae, with 75 recognised species, some of which are referred to as egrets or bitterns rather than herons. Members of the genus Botaurus are referred to as bitterns, and, together with the zigzag heron, or zigzag bittern, in the monotypic genus Zebrilus, form a…

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Heron

Nodes143
Edges142
Triples80
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.013986
Components1

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related to Gallery · 17
Heron → Ardea, Bare-throated, Botaurus, Croatia, Eastern, Egretta, EgyptGrey, George Frederic Watts, Great, Grey, Priozersk, RussiaSquacco, The Wounded Heron, Tigrisoma, Watts Gallery, White-faced, Zagreb Zoological Garden
related to Further reading · 13
Heron → Elliott, Hancock, Harper, Hugh, James, London, London Editions ISBN, New York, Peter Hayman, Robert Gillmor, Row ISBN, The Herons, World
related to Breeding · 9
Heron → Colonies, Courtship, Even, In, India, Most, Nesting, Tropical, While
related to Diet · 8
Heron → Birds, Even, Having, Herons, Individual, Many, The, Their
related to Distribution and habitat · 8
Heron → Almost, Antarctica, Arctic, Birds, Britain, Scandinavia, The, They
related to Name · 8
Heron → English, Frankish, Herons, Old French, Proto-Germanic, SHYTE-pohk, The, Webster's Dictionary
related to Description · 7
Heron → All, In, Ixobrychus, S-shape, The, They, Toes
related to Taxonomy and systematics · 5
Heron → Analyses, Ardeidae, From DNA, Rather, Today
related to External links · 3
Heron → HeronConservation Heron Specialist Group, Internet Bird Collection, IUCNHeron
is a · 1
Heron → goliath heron

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herons species bitterns may family genus one ardeidae birds prey egrets bittern ardea night water group fossil breeding botaurus nest

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Heronis agoliath heron0.90text
the banded killifishinstance ofor actively add items to the water to attract fish0.80text
Heronrelated to BreedingWhile0.60section
Heronrelated to BreedingMost0.60section
Heronrelated to BreedingColonies0.60section
Heronrelated to BreedingIn0.60section
Heronrelated to BreedingIndia0.60section
Heronrelated to BreedingNesting0.60section
Heronrelated to BreedingEven0.60section
Heronrelated to BreedingTropical0.60section
Heronrelated to BreedingCourtship0.60section
Heronrelated to DescriptionThe0.60section

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