White-backed Night-heron
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Gorsachius leuconotus (Wagler, 1827) |
The White-backed Night-heron (Gorsachius leuconotus) is a species of heron in the Ardeidae family. It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
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- BirdLife International 2004. Gorsachius leuconotus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007.