altre specieThe adult Little Egret is 55–65 cm long with an 88–106 cm wingspan. It weighs 350–550 grams. Its plumage is all white.
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VOLPOCA - Tadorna tadorna
Ordine anseriformi, famiglia anatidi. Specie particolarmente protetta inserita nella Lista Rossa degli uccelli italiani come specie in pericolo. Volpoca perch? come la volpe nidifica in tane sotterranee. Il nome dialettale "Africa" ricorda le sue abitudini migratorie.
Grossa anatra dai vistosi colori in entrambi i sessi quali il becco e zampe rosse, testa e collo verde scuro, e corpo in gran parte bianco. Vola come le oche con battiti meno frequenti rispetto alle altre anatre. Frequenta coste, paludi basse e salmastre e nidifica in tane di volpi e conigli.
GLOSSY IBIS (Plegadis falcinellus)
The Glossy Ibis, Plegadis falcinellus is a wading bird in the ibis family Threskiornithidae.
This is the most widespread ibis species, breeding in scattered sites in warm regions of Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Atlantic and Caribbean region of the Americas. It is thought to have originated in the Old World and spread naturally from Africa to northern South America in the 19th century. This species is migratory; most European birds winter in Africa, and in North America birds from north of the Carolinas winter farther south. Birds from other populations may disperse widely outside the breeding season.
The Glossy Ibis nests colonially in trees, often with herons. It is also gregarious when feeding in marshy wetlands; it predates on fish, frogs and other water creatures, as well as occasionally on insects.
This species is 55-65 cm long with an 88-105 cm wingspan. Breeding adults have reddish-brown bodies and shiny bottle-green wings. Non-breeders and juveniles have duller bodies. This species has a brownish bill, dark facial skin bordered above and below in blue-gray (non-breeding) to cobalt blue (breeding), and red-brown legs. Unlike herons, ibises fly with necks outstretched, and often flocks fly in lines.
Sounds made by this rather quiet ibis include a variety of croaks and grunts, including a hoarse grrrr made when breeding.
MALLARD (Anas platyrhynchos)
About 60 cm long, this species is characterized by a marked polychromy. In winter and spring the male has green head, as well as part of the neck; a lightish collar separates the neck from the rest of the body, which is grey on the venter and black on the back.
It lives in the swampy regions of Europe, Asia, Africa and America.
It Italy it is most common in winter.
CURLEW (Numenius arquata)
Ordine caradriformi, famiglia scolopacidi. Specie protetta. IL nome onomatopeico deriva dal verso simile a quello del "Chiù", nome popolare dell'Assiolo.
AVOCET (Recurvirostra avocetta)
About 40 cm long, it has very long legs and four-fingered feet; its beak is 8-9 cm long, thin and turned-up. The prevailing colours of the plumage are white and black, while the legs are grey-bluish. The avocet lives in Central and Southern Europe and also in Central Asia. Towards wintertime it migrates to South.
GREY HERON (Ardea cinerea)
About 90 cm long, its plumage is grey on the back and white on the head and the neck, with a black stripe on both sides of the body. It is characterized by his very long neck and legs and his long straight beak.
In Italy it especially occurs in rice-fields in Piedmont and in the plain of the Po, but can also be found by the sea-shore and in lagoons. In the rest of the world this species is spread throughout the African and the Asian continents.
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