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Birds of the WAP complex

The species list is based on (1) research grade records from the "Biota of the WAP complex" project, (2) BirdLife checklists from Singou-Arly-W, Pendjari, W-Niger and W-Benin, (3) the bird list from Plan d’Aménagement Participatif et de Gestion de la Réserve de Biosphère de la Pendjari, ...more ↓

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Great Egret ¹
Ardea alba

Grey Heron ²
Ardea cinerea

Goliath Heron ³
Ardea goliath

Intermediate Egret ⁴
Ardea intermedia

Black-headed Heron ⁵
Ardea melanocephala

Purple Heron ⁶
Ardea purpurea

Edited by Marco Schmidt, ONG OeBenin, Matthias Hartmann, and Jakob Fahr, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

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Birds of the WAP complex

Great Egret 1 Ardea alba

Grey Heron 2 Ardea cinerea

Goliath Heron 3 Ardea goliath

Intermediate Egret 4 Ardea intermedia

Black-headed Heron 5 Ardea melanocephala

Purple Heron 6 Ardea purpurea