Great-billed Heron

species of bird
Taxon taxon Q757350
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Summary

Great-billed Heron is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (226 views/month, #1,601 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Ardea[5]
  • Taxon name: Ardea sumatrana[6]
  • Commons category: Ardea sumatrana[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Ardea sumatrana[8]
  • Commons gallery: Ardea sumatrana[9]
  • Short name: A. sumatrana[10]
  • Taxon common name: crëyr hirbig[11], Great-billed Heron[12], Rußreiher[13], Garza de Sumatra[14], agró de Sumatra[15], volavka šedohnědá[16], mangroovihaigur[17], Sotvingehegre[18], Малайская серая цапля[19], スマトラサギ[20], Malajhejre[21], paksunokkahaikara[22], nagycsőrű gém[23], czapla szarobrzucha[24]
  • Wingspan: 190 cm[25]
  • Mass: 83 g[26]
  • Litter size: 2[27]

Body

Identifiers

Great-billed Heron's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 4953[28]. Great-billed Heron's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 45517767[29]. Great-billed Heron's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2480924[30]. Great-billed Heron's ITIS TSN is recorded as 558745[31].

Why It Matters

Great-billed Heron has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [31] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [30] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . Gwefan Llên Natur. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [16] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [17] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [18] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [19] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [20] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [21] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [22] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [23] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [24] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [25] ↑ . Handbook of the Birds of the World. wikidata.org.
  27. [26] ↑ . AVIAN BODY SIZES IN RELATION TO FECUNDITY, MATING SYSTEM, DISPLAY BEHAVIOR, AND RESOURCE SHARING. wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . The worldwide variation in avian clutch size across species and space. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23h ago · Mullanur · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopedia of life id → 45517767
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'ban', 'bg', 'bh', 'br', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'cy', 'de'
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  2. 7w ago · Debessis · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Ardea sumatrana 195843670.jpg
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  3. 23w ago · Couiros22 · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Mass → {'unit': 'Q41803', 'amount': '+83'}
    Image → Ardea sumatrana 195843670.jpg
    Parent taxon → Ardea
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