Madagascar Pond-heron
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Ardeola idae (Hartlaub, 1860) |
The Madagascar Pond-heron (Ardeola idae) is a species of heron in the Ardeidae family. It is found in Angola, Bahamas, Burundi, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mayotte, Mozambique, Rwanda, Réunion, Seychelles, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, rivers, freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, estuarine waters, and arable land.
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- BirdLife International 2006. Ardeola idae. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007.