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Ardea goliath |
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Ardea goliath |
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Héron goliath |
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Goliath Heron |
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| Nkonge (Kitabwa), bumba (Kibemba) ; Konwekionimabwe, Mukangakanga (Kiluba) | |
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Its plumage is quite similar to the purple heron's one but he is almost twice his size. |
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Less shy then the purple heron, often found along lakes and rivers. Relatively common in Katanga. |
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Mainly solitary. Almost never seen in groups. |
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Seeing it flying over the channel is a bad presage. |
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Warning :
This database was established according to official pieces of work and with the help of famous scientists. However, there might be some errors.
The vernacular names were collected in the field and in the colonial literature from the first part of the 20th century. The monks who established the first dictionaries were not necessarily informed naturalists. Therefore, errors must have been committed.
We invite everyone who could help us to improve this working tool to contact us in order to correct us and share her/his knowledge with us.
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