Zigzag Heron

Taxobox
name = Zigzag Heron


status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Ciconiiformes
familia = Ardeidae
genus = "Zebrilus"
species = "Z. undulatus"
binomial = "Zebrilus undulatus"
binomial_authority = (Gmelin, 1789)
synonyms = The Zigzag Heron ("Zebrilus undulatus") is a species of heron in the Ardeidae family, also including egrets and bitterns. It is in the monotypic genus "Zebrilus".It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical swamps.

The Zigzag Heron is a species of the entire Amazon Basin, east of the Andes cordillera, and the five bordering countries on the basin's western periphery, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. The range does not extend beyond the Orinoco River basin of Venezuela in the northwest, and in the east-northeast encompasses the Guianas; in the southeast Amazon Basin the range does not extend east of the Tapajós River drainage.

ource

* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/23195/all Zebrilus undulatus] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 24 July 2007.

External links

* [http://ibc.hbw.com/ibc/phtml/especie.phtml?idEspecie=327 Zigzag Heron videos] on the Internet Bird Collection
* [http://vireo.acnatsci.org/search.html?Form=Search&SEARCHBY=Common&KEYWORDS=zigzag+heron&showwhat=images&AGE=All&SEX=All&ACT=All&Search=Search&VIEW=All&ORIENTATION=All&RESULTS=24 Zigzag Heron photo gallery] VIREO [http://vireo.acnatsci.org/species_image.php?species=Zebrilus+undulatus Photo-High Res]
* [http://www.arthurgrosset.com/sabirds/photos/zebund7018.jpgPhoto-High Res] ; [http://www.arthurgrosset.com/sabirds/zigzagheron.html Article & analysis] arthurgrosset
* [http://www.sunbirdtours.co.uk/brochure_2003/s_america/venezuela/images/zigzagheron1.jpgPhoto] ; [http://www.sunbirdtours.co.uk/brochure_2003/s_america/venezuela/venezuela.html Article] sunbirdtours