Black-crowned Night Heron (juvenile) - approx. 64 cm
Order: Ciconiiformes (Herons & Storks)
Family: Ardeidae (Herons, Egrets & Bitterns)
Genus: Nycticorax
Species: Nycticorax
Updated August 3 2011
Black-crowned Night Heron (juvenile entering adult plumage) - approx. 64 cm - Lower Don River (Crother's Woods) - July 2007
Black-crowned Night Heron (juvenile) - approx. 64 cm
Order: Ciconiiformes (Herons & Storks)
Family: Ardeidae (Herons, Egrets & Bitterns)
Genus: Nycticorax
Species: Nycticorax
Updated August 3 2011
Black-crowned Night Heron (juvenile or 1st year) - approx. 64 cm - Lower Don River (Crother's Woods) - August 2007
Great Blue Heron (juvenile) - approx. 1.2 m
Order: Ciconiiformes (Herons & Storks)
Family: Ardeidae (Herons, Egrets & Bitterns)
Genus: Ardea
Species: Herodias
Updated August 30 2011
Great Blue Heron (juvenile) - approx. 1.2 m - Humber River (Claireville Reservoir) - August 2007
Green Heron (sexes similar) - approx. 46 cm
Order: Ciconiiformes (Herons & Storks)
Family: Ardeidae (Herons, Egrets & Bitterns)
Genus: Butorides
Species: Virescens
Green Heron (adult - sexes similar) - approx. 46 cm - Leslie Spit - May 2008
Great Egret (sexes similar) - approx. 1 m
Order: Ciconiiformes (Herons & Storks)
Family: Ardeidae (Herons, Egrets & Bitterns)
Genus: Ardea
Species: Alba
Updated November 27 2011
Great Egret (adult - sexes similar) - approx. 1 m - Humber River (Lambton Woods) - September 2007
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Page Last Updated: November 27 2011
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4 species
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrates)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrates)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrates)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrates)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrates)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Black-crowned Night Heron (adult - sexes similar) - approx. 64 cm - Humber Bay Park - April 2011
Black-crowned Night Heron (adult - sexes similar) -
approx. 64 cm
approx. 64 cm
Order: Ciconiiformes (Herons & Storks)
Family: Ardeidae (Herons, Egrets & Bitterns)
Genus: Nycticorax
Species: Nycticorax
Updated August 3 2011
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrates)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Great Blue Heron (adult - sexes similar) - approx. 1.2 m - High Park - October 2009
Great Blue Heron (adult - sexes similar) - approx. 1.2 m
Order: Ciconiiformes (Herons & Storks)
Family: Ardeidae (Herons, Egrets & Bitterns)
Genus: Ardea
Species: Herodias
Updated August 30 2011
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrates)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Juvenile lacks plumes and white crown and the neck has
more prominent streaking
more prominent streaking
Juvenile lacks plumes and white crown and the neck has
more prominent streaking
more prominent streaking