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Squacco Heron
Squacco Heron
Squacco Heron



Ardeola ralloides
Ardeola ralloides
Ardeola ralloides

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Subspecies and Distribution.
Ardeola ralloides SW and C Europe to Aral Sea and Iran: Africa - S Sahara to Madagascar.

Descriptive notes.

45 cm, 300 gr, wingspan 89 cm. Bare parts brighter during courtship, when legs can be reddish.
Non-breeding adult dull brown with dark and light streaks, as in other members ofArdeola . Juvenile as non-hreeding adult, but drabber, with more heavily streaked neck.

Habitat.

Fresh water swamps, river valleys, deltas, lakes, ponds, ditches and paddy fields, especially in areas with abundant covering of marsh vegetaion.
Rare in coastal areas, including estuaries, in shore reefs or islets.

Food and Feeding

Fish and amphibians with insect larvae. Generaly small prey also grasshoppers, beetles, butterflies, spiders and small birds.
Mainly crepuscular but also feeds by day, generally solitary, passive feeder, by hiding in vegetation and waiting for prey to approach.

Breeding.

Apr-Jun in Euraqsia and N Africa, during rains.
Usually in small or large colonies. Nests near water, in reedbeds, dense thickets or trees.
More effectively hidden amongst vegetation than in other herons
Nest is well constructed platform. 2-3 eggs in Africa, 4-7 in Europe, chicks have grey, buff and white down.

Movements.

Palearctic populations migratory and dispersive. African populations mostly sedentary with some local movements. Birds from Madagascar cross over to Africa.

Status and Conservation.

Not globally threatend. In Europe population has shown marked fluctuations apparently on increasing.

Israel.

In Israel subspecies Ardeola ralloedes very common passage migrant winter visiter and sumer breeder.

Ardeola ralloedes
(in Israel)

Ardeola ralloedes

Ardeola ralloedes

Ardeola ralloedes

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