Goliath Heron Ardea goliath Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (36)
- Monotypic
Albert Martínez-Vilalta, Anna Motis, David Christie, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated July 6, 2014
Text last updated July 6, 2014
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Reusereier |
| Arabic | بلشون عملاق |
| Bulgarian | Чапла голиат |
| Catalan | agró goliat |
| 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 |
| Zulu | unozalizingwenya |
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
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Goliath Heron
