This small, white-bellied, conspicuous species has the largest distribution of any North American kingbird. Monotypic. Length 7.8–9.2". Adult: black head blends to slate gray back ...
The white-bellied heron relies on forest and wetland habitats. Both are fast being degraded in all of its range states. As of 2024, it is estimated that there are fewer than 45 birds in the world.
Rare rearing: Japanese collaboration to save near-extinct White-bellied herons in Bhutan takes wings
The White-bellied Heron (WBH), the world's second-largest heron, is a symbolic bird for the people of Bhutan and also a typical "umbrella species" that requires a habitat with a vast, preserved ...
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