Ardea sumatrana

Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Pelecaniformes/Ardeidae/Ardea

At a glance

Occurrence records11 467

Data sources8

Biological traits25

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources8 archives

Databases and archives Ardea sumatrana's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation16 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility11 467 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

Paleobiology DatabasePBDB consortiumfossil record↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

IOC World Bird ListIOCbird checklist↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page3 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources25 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF11 467 records

01Narrative

The great-billed heron (Ardea sumatrana) is a wading bird of the heron family, resident from southeast Asia to Papua New Guinea and Australia.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAmnioteDBAVONETEltonTraits

Size & morphology13

Beak depth27 mm

Beak length (culmen)173 mm

Beak length (nares)124 mm

Beak width18.4 mm

Body mass2 024 g

Body mass (female)2 024 g

Hand-wing index28.8

Kipp's distance129 mm

SVL115 cm

Secondary length320 mm

Tail length160 mm

Tarsus length157 mm

Wing length454 mm

Life cycle & reproduction2

Egg mass83 g

Litter size2

Diet & foraging6

Fish60 %

Ground10 %

Invertebrate40 %

Trophic levelcarnivore

Trophic nicheAquatic predator

Water around surface90 %

Habitat & environment4

HabitatCoastal

Migration1.0

Primary lifestyleTerrestrial

Range size1 764 502 km²

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type11 467 records

Wild obs. + sensor11 266

Museum / vouchered78

Other123

Origin

Native4

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO9 100 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy59% within 1 km

≤100 m 610≤1 km 398≤10 km 511>10 km 203

1 722 georeferenced · 9 544 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor11 266

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy18% within 1 km

≤100 m 3≤1 km 6≤10 km 36>10 km 4

49 georeferenced · 29 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence78

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions10 of 16 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Australian National Wildlife Collectionlocation not on record	31
Cambridge, US	9
Museums Victorialocation not on record	6
Sydney, AU	5
Philadelphia, US	4
Queensland Department of Environment and Resources Management (DERM)location not on record	4
US	3
Seattle, US	2
Western Australian Museumlocation not on record	2
DOI/NPS, Salem Maritime National Historic Sitelocation not on record	2
New Haven, US	2
Geneva, CH	2
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territorylocation not on record	2
Washington, US	1
Copenhagen, DK	1
Natick, US	1

16 institutions · 77 of 78 vouchered records shown · 1 without an institution code

At a glance

Sources8 archives

Size & morphology13

Life cycle & reproduction2

Diet & foraging6

Habitat & environment4

Record type11 467 records

Origin

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions10 of 16 geolocated

Record type11 467 records