BIRDS
type: Concept

HERONS/EGRETS AND ALLIES
type: Concept
change note: 2017-03-15 09:17:13.0 [mgenazzi] Definition added insert Definition (id: null text: Phylum Chordata. Class Aves. Order Pelecaniformes. Family Ardeidae are long-legged freshwater and coastal birds. Though not egrets are not biologically distinct from herons, they tend to be mainly white with decorative plumes. Herons has the same build has egrets but tend to be larger with thick daggerlike bills. language code: en);
in scheme: sciencekeywords
definition: Phylum Chordata. Class Aves. Order Pelecaniformes. Family Ardeidae are long-legged freshwater and coastal birds. Though not egrets are not biologically distinct from herons, they tend to be mainly white with decorative plumes. Herons has the same build has egrets but tend to be larger with thick daggerlike bills.