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| Photographed on Claudie River, Iron Range, Queensland October 2015 |
711 GREAT-BILLED HERON Ardea sumatrana
Australia (553)
1-1.2 m. Found in mangrove-overhung creeks and rivers, tidal mudflats, tree-surrounded swamps; ascends larger rivers. Range: coastal n. Aust.: from c. Derby(WA) to McArthur R. on Gulf (NT), and from Gregory R. and Cape York Pen. s. to c. Rockhampton (Q). Sparse, sedentary.
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| Photographed on the Daintree River, Queensland October 2015 |
