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Goliath Heron
Ardea goliath Cretzschmar, PJ 1829
The Goliath heron, also known as the giant heron, is a very large wading bird of the heron family, Ardeidae. It is found in sub-Saharan Africa, with smaller, declining numbers in Southwest and South Asia. Source: Wikipedia
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Pelecaniformes
Family:
Ardeidae
Genus:
Ardea
Scientific:
Ardea goliath
Classification
Order:Pelecaniformes
Family:
Ardeidae
Genus:
Ardea
Scientific:
Ardea goliath
Original description
Citation:
Cretzschmar, PJ 1829
Reference:
Atlas Reise nördl. Afr. Rüppell, Zool. Vög.
(1826) p.39 pl.26
Protonym:
Ardea goliath
Type locality:
White Nile, Bahhar Abiad.
Link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37140793
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
C7888A152F4A837D
Avibase ID:
avibase-C7888A15
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/C7888A15
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 174784
Geographic range:
- Ardea goliath: locally in Africa, Iraq, and Iran; casual to India and Sri Lanka
Source: Clements checklist
Goliath Heron
Catalan:
Agró goliat
Czech:
volavka obrovská
Danish:
Goliathejre
German:
Goliathreiher
Spanish:
Garza Goliat
Spanish (Spain):
Garza Goliat
Finnish:
goljathaikara
French:
Héron goliath
Croatian:
Golema čaplja
Hungarian:
Góliátgém
Icelandic:
Jötnahegri
Italian:
Airone golia
Japanese (romaji):
oniaosagi
Japanese:
オニアオサギ
Lithuanian:
Garnys milžinas
Dutch:
Reuzenreiger
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Goliathegre
Norwegian:
Goliathegre
Polish:
czapla olbrzymia
Portuguese:
garça-gigante
Portuguese (Portugal):
Garça-gigante
Russian:
Цапля-голиаф
Slovak:
volavka obrovská
Serbian:
Golema čaplja
Swedish:
goliathäger
Ukrainian:
Чапля-велетень
Chinese:
巨鹭
Chinese (Traditional):
巨鷺
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| African Bird Club Checklist 2004: Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| African Bird Club Checklist August 2005: Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| African Bird Club Checklist March 2007: Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| African Bird Club Checklist January 2008: Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| African Bird Club Checklist May 2009: Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| African Bird Club Checklist March 2010: Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| Birdlife checklist version 00: Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| Birdlife checklist version 01: Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| Birdlife checklist version 02: Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| Birdlife checklist version 03: Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| Birdlife checklist version 04: Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Héron goliath ( Ardea goliath) |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Héron goliath ( Ardea goliath) |
| Clements 1st edition: Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| Clements, version 2021: Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| Clements, version 2022: Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| Clements, version 2023: Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| Clements, version 2024: Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| Clements 3rd edition: Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| Clements 4th edition: Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| Clements 5th edition (as published): Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| Clements 6th edition: Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| Clements, version 2015: Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| Clements, version 2016: Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| Clements, version 2017: Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| Clements, version 2018: Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| Clements, version 2019: Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| eBird version 1.50: Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| eBird version 1.52: Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| eBird version 1.53: Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| eBird version 1.54: Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| eBird version 1.55: Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| eBird version 2015: Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| eBird version 2016: Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| eBird version 2017: Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| eBird version 2018: Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| eBird version 2019: Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| eBird version 2021: Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| eBird version 2022: Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| eBird version 2023: Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| eBird version 2024: Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
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| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
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| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
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| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
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| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
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| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| Morony, Bock and Farrand: Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| Oriental Bird Club: Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Ardea goliath |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Ardea goliath |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Ardea goliath |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993): Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Goliath Heron ( Ardea goliath) |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Ardea goliath |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Ardea goliath |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Afrikaans: Reuse Reier, Reusereier, Reuse-reier
Arabic: بلشون عملاق, رﺎﺒﳉا نﻮﺸﻠﺒﻟ
Belarusian: Велізарная чапля
Bulgarian: Голиатова чапла, Чапла голиат
Bengali: দৈত্য বক, বদতয ফক
Bengali (transliteration): daitya baka
Catalan: Agró goliat, Bernat Goliat
Montenegrin: golema čaplja, голема чапља
Montenegrin (Cyrillic): голема чапља
Czech: Volavka obrovská
Welsh: Crëyr goliath
Danish: Goliathejre
German: Goliathreiher, Riesenreiher
Greek: Γιγαvτoτσικvιάς, Ερωδιός Γολιάθ
English: Giant Heron, Goliath Heron
English, HBW: Goliath Heron
English (IOC): Goliath Heron
English (Kenya): Goliath Heron
English (United States): Goliath Heron
Esperanto: Giganta ardeo, Goliata ardeo
Spanish: Garza Goliat
Spanish (Spain): Garza Goliat
Spanish (HBW): Garza goliat
Estonian: koljathaigur
Persian: غول حواصیل, غول حواصیل (غول وکا)
Finnish: Goljathaikara
French: Héron goliath
Frisian: Reuzereager
Irish: Ollchorr
Galician: Garzón goliat
Manx: Coar 'oawragh
Hebrew: אנפת גוליית, אנפת גולית, אנפת גלית
Croatian: Golema čaplja, Velika čaplja
Hungarian: Góliátgém, Óriás gém
Icelandic: Jötnahegri
Italian: Airone gigante, Airone Golia, Golia
Japanese (romaji): oniaosagi
Japanese: オニアオサギ
Kwangali: Ebo
Scientific: Ardea goliat, Ardea goliath, Ardea goliath goliath, Ardea nobilis
Lithuanian: Didysis garnys, Garnys milžinas
Latvian: milzu gārnis
Macedonian: Голема чапја
Maltese: russett Golija
Dutch: Goliathreiger, Reuzenreiger
Norwegian Nynorsk: Goliathegre
Norwegian: Goliathegre
Polish: czapla olbrzymia
Portuguese: Garca Gigante, Garca-gigante, Garça-gigante
Portuguese (Portugal): Garça-gigante
Rhaeto-Romance: Irun goliat
Romanian: Stârc uriaş
Russian: исполинская цапля, Цапля исполинская, Цапля-голиаф
Northern Sami: Goliatháigir, Goljátháigir
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Yoda Koka
Slovak: Volavka Goliášova, volavka obrovská
Slovenian: Goljat, orjaška caplja, Orjaška čaplja
Serbian: Golema čaplja
Sotho, Southern: Kokolofitoe
Swedish: Goliathäger
Swahili: Koikoi Jitu, Pondagundi Mkubwa
Tswana: Kôkôlôhutwê
Turkish: Büyük Balıkçıl, Dev Balıkçıl
Tatar: дәү челән
Ukrainian: Чапля-велетень
Chinese: 巨鹭
Chinese (Traditional): 巨鷺
Zulu: uNozalizingwenyana
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