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Heron (scientific name: Ardea cinerea): It is a flapping-wing bird, egret, a wading bird of egret, and also the type species of egret. The head, neck, feet and mouth are very long, so the body looks thin. Its upper body is mainly gray and its abdomen is white.

Adult bird's eye pattern and crown feather are black, flying feather is black, wing angle and two chest points, head, neck, chest and back are white, neck has black longitudinal stripes, and the rest are gray. The young bird's head and neck are gray, but not black. Iris yellow; Beak yellow-green; Feet are black. Cry: A deep guttural sound like a goose's cry.

Large waterside birds inhabit the banks and shallow waters of rivers, streams, lakes, ponds, coasts, etc. And withdrawn. In winter, herons can often be seen in the independent cold wind on the edge of the swamp. Foraging in shallow water, mainly preying on fish and frogs, but also eating mammals and birds.

It is a very common waterbird in the wetlands of Eurasia and Africa. It is distributed in Africa, Madagascar, Eurasia, from the British Isles to the Far East Coast, Sakhalin Island and Japan, and south to North Korea, Mongolia, Iraq, Iran, India, China and some countries in Indochina Peninsula.

2. Egret

Egret (English name: Little Egret): Egret has 13 kinds of birds, 4 of which are all white, commonly known as "Egret". These four kinds of egrets are all medium-sized (45-90 cm) egrets.

It is different from the cattle egret in that it is large and slender, with black mouth and legs, yellow toes, pure white breeding feathers, slender neck and back feathers, and spiny feathers on the back and chest. The great egret is huge, with neither crest nor breastplate feathers; The middle egret is medium-sized, with no crown but chest feathers; Little egrets and yellow-billed egrets are smaller, and all their feathers are in the crest and chest.

3. Great Egret

The great egret (scientific name: Ardea alba) is divided into three kinds of egrets, namely, the great egret, the middle egret and the small egret are large and medium-sized wading birds, and the adult Stephane is milky white; Rusty beak; There is a short crown on the head; There are long withering feathers forming a cluster between the shoulders, which extend all the way back, usually above the tip of the tail feather 10 cm, and sometimes not more than; The base of spear feather stem is tough, gradually decreasing to the tip, and the feather branches are slender and scattered. Adult birds with winter feathers have no withered feathers on their backs, no crests on their heads, and yellowish irises.

This kind of heron inhabits seashores, paddy fields, lakes, mangroves and other wetlands. It is often mixed with other herons and cormorants. The great egret only moves during the day, and its neck shrinks into an S-shape when walking. The neck is the same when flying, and the feet are straight back and beyond the tail.

They feed on crustaceans, mollusks, aquatic insects, small fish, frogs, tadpoles and lizards. Mainly wading for food in shallow water near the water's edge, and often walking slowly on the grass near the water's edge, pecking while walking. Distributed in temperate regions of the world.

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In ancient Egypt, the bird god Benu was associated with the sun, creation and regeneration, and was depicted as a heron in the works of art in the New Kingdom.

In ancient Rome, the heron was a divining bird. It gives warnings (signals of impending events) by singing, just like crows, storks and owls. The Romans and Greeks believed that fortune tellers were sacred spiritual leaders, and they sought advice and fortune-telling from these birds. Druids, ancient Celtic priests, also used divining birds for divination.

Roasted heron was once a special dish in special occasions such as British state banquets. 1465, when George Neville was appointed archbishop of Yorkshire, 400 herons were used to entertain guests. In 1896, the heron in Romney swamp was still shot and eaten. There are two herons in the stained glass window of Selborne Church in Hampshire.

English surnames Earnshaw, Hernshaw, Herne and Heron are all derived from herons, and the suffix -shaw stands for wood and refers to the place where herons nest.