Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
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Afrikaans | Reusereier |
Arabic | بلشون عملاق |
Bulgarian | Чапла голиат |
Croatian | velika čaplja |
Czech | volavka obrovská |
Danish | Goliathejre |
Dutch | Reuzenreiger |
English | Goliath Heron |
English (United States) | Goliath Heron |
Finnish | goljathaikara |
French | Héron goliath |
French (France) | Héron goliath |
German | Goliathreiher |
Greek | Ερωδιός Γολιάθ |
Hebrew | אנפת גולית |
Hungarian | Góliátgém |
Icelandic | Jötnahegri |
Japanese | オニアオサギ |
Lithuanian | Garnys milžinas |
Norwegian | goliathegre |
Persian | غول حواصیل |
Polish | czapla olbrzymia |
Portuguese (Angola) | Garça-gigante |
Portuguese (Portugal) | Garça-gigante |
Romanian | Stârc uriaș |
Russian | Цапля-голиаф |
Serbian | Golema čaplja |
Slovak | volavka obrovská |
Slovenian | Goljat |
Spanish | Garza Goliat |
Spanish (Spain) | Garza goliat |
Swedish | goliathäger |
Turkish | Dev Balıkçıl |
Ukrainian | Чапля-велетень |
Ardea goliath Cretzschmar, 1829
PROTONYM:
Ardea goliath
Cretzschmar, 1829. Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Afrika von Eduard Rüppell. Erste Abtheilung. Zoologie. Vögel -1826, p.39 pl.26.
TYPE LOCALITY:
White Nile, Bahhar Abiad.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- ARDEA
- goliath
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SPECIES
Goliath Heron Ardea goliath Scientific name definitions
Albert Martínez-Vilalta, Anna Motis, David Christie, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated July 6, 2014
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated July 6, 2014
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
Authors
Albert Martínez-Vilalta, Anna Motis, David Christie, and Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Martínez-Vilalta, A., A. Motis, D. A. Christie, and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Goliath Heron (Ardea goliath), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.golher1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- July 6, 2014
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
Authors
Albert Martínez-Vilalta, Anna Motis, David Christie, and Guy M. Kirwan
Revisors
David Christie and Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Martínez-Vilalta, A., A. Motis, D. A. Christie, and G. M. Kirwan (2014). Goliath Heron (Ardea goliath). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.