Agami Heron (Agamia agami)

Other Names (World)
Agami Heron, Chestnut-bellied Heron

Family
Ardeidae (Herons)

Size
60 - 76 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gmelin, 1789)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical swamp forest. From 300 - 2,600 m.

Range (Guide)

Bolivia (B), Brazil (B), Colombia (B), Costa Rica (B), Ecuador (B), French Guiana (B), Guatemala (B), Guyana (B), Honduras (B), Mexico (B), Nicaragua (B), Panama (B), Peru, Suriname (B), Trinidad and Tobago (B), Venezuela (B).

Eastern Mexico through central America and northern South America to eastern Bolivia and northern and central Brazil.

Population
Estimated population is 50,000 - 499,999 (2010).

Status VU
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (9)...)

Agami Heron (Agamia agami) [XC124594]
by from Pantanal Wildlife Center, MT, Brazil (flight call)

Agami Heron (Agamia agami) [XC437168]
by id from Orellana Province, Ecuador (song)

Subspecies
Behaviour suggests link with Striated Heron (Butorides striata).

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Agami Heron (Agamia agami) - 10 files

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