Ardea cinerea  Linnaeus, 1758

Grey Heron
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​Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Aves
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Ardeidae
Genus: Ardea
Species: cinerea
  • Common names: Grey Heron
  • Thai names: นกกระสานวล
  • Distribution: ​​(by ssp.) [1] [3]
    Ardea cinerea cinerea: Eurasia to Manchuria, India, Africa and Comoro Islands
    Ardea cinerea jouyi: Japan, China, Indochina, Malaya, Sumatra and Java
    Ardea cinerea firasa: Madagascar
  • IUCN Red List: Least Concern. Population trend unknown. ​[2]
  • Image locations: Phetchaburi (Laem Pak Bia)
  • Additional notes: 
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Image locations
Images of Ardea cinerea from Thailand.
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Grey Heron Ardea cinerea jouyi (Linnaeus, 1758) Laem Pak Bia Phetchaburi Thailand January
References: 
​[1] Avibase - accessed 14 February 2021.

​[2] BirdLife International. 2019. Ardea cinerea. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T22696993A154525233. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T22696993A154525233.en. Downloaded on 14 February 2021.
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​[3] Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/ on 03 August 2020.