Description

This exciting group of birds has a very ancient evolutionary origin, since between 60 and 30 million years ago there are heron fossils. They are characterized, for the most part, by being slender, thin, with long legs, necks and long, lance-shaped beaks. It is a night heron that lives in mangroves and freshwater wetlands in tropical lowlands. Spends the day perched in trees, sometimes in scattered groups.

Author:
Nicholas Hellmuth
Victor Mendoza

Compilation of basic Data from Earlier Ecologists & Iconographers:
Nicholas Hellmuth
Victor Mendoza

Bird & Plant Identification (Genus species):
Nicholas Hellmuth
Victor Mendoza
Samuel Herrera Duarte

Editors:
Vivian Hurtado

Bibliography Team:
Nicholas Hellmuth
Maria Jose Toralla

GPS Maps during the January 2023 Field Trip:
Byron Pacay

Photographers:
Nicholas Hellmuth
Edwin Solares
Haniel Lopez
Vivian Hurtado
Victor Mendoza

Manager of Design and Layout:
Andrea Sánchez Díaz

Layout of this Design:
Heidy Galindo