Zigzag Heron - BirdForum Opus

Adult
Photo © by Francisco Paludo
Alta Floresta, MT, Brazil, January 2018

Zebrilus undulatus

Identification

Adult
Photo © by Jeff Hopkins
Near Napo Wildlife Center, Ecuador, October 2010

28–33 cm (11-13 in)

• Mottled grey head and neck
• Black crest
• Short dark bill
• Yellow iris
• Grey-black lores
• Back and Upper Wings
  • Brown and black barring
  • Speckled with buff white vermiculations
• Underparts
  • Buff cream
  • Barred, speckled and streaked black
• Grey legs
• Yellow toes
  

Sexes similar

Immature
Photo © by Daniesser
Cristalino Lodge, Alta Floresta-MT - Brazil, June 2014

Immature

• Rufous forehead, sides of head and neck
• Yellowish-green bill
• Pale back with rufous zigzag barring
• Grey wings
• Tawny underparts with indistinct black stripes
• Yellowish-green legs

Distribution

South America: found locally in ponds and streams of Amazon basin of Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

Habitat

Streams, pools and marshes in tropical forest.

Behaviour

Breeding

The nest is a flattish platform of twigs.

Diet

The diet includes small fish and flying insects.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Zigzag Heron. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 27 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Zigzag_Heron

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