Great-billed Heron
Ardea sumatrana
LCLeast Concern
- Family
- Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns (Ardeidae)
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
Overview
The great-billed heron (Ardea sumatrana) is a wading bird of the heron family, resident from southeast Asia to Papua New Guinea and Australia.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Range and habitat
Coasts and satellite islets, and sometimes inland waterways, from southern Myanmar through Indonesia and the Palawan and Sulu Archipelago to New Guinea and northern Australia (Kimberley region, northern Western Australia, eastward to northeastern Queensland).
Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.
Sources and further reading
- Wikipedia: Great-billed heron
- eBird: sightings, maps and photos
- xeno-canto: sound recordings
- Birds of the World: full species account (subscription)
- BirdLife DataZone: status and threats
- IUCN Red List (threat status)
- AviList global checklist (taxonomy)
Last updated September 29, 2026.
