Description Length: 56-61 cm. Plumage: back and crown black; wings, rump and tail grey; face, foreneck and underparts white; long...
Description Length: 56-61 cm. Plumage: back and crown black; wings, rump and tail grey; face, foreneck and underparts white; long occipital plumes white. Immature brown spotted with white above, below buff heavily streaked with brown. Bare parts: iris crimson in adult, orange-yellow to red in immature; facial skin greenish, blue-black when breeding; bill greenish black, black when breeding; feet and legs pale yellow, red when courting. Habitat: mangroves and inland water bodies. <388><393><391> [details]
Distribution North America; Gulf of Maine to the Gulf of Mexico
Distribution North America; Gulf of Maine to the Gulf of Mexico [details]
context source (Schelde)Maris, T., O. Beauchard, S. Van Damme, E. Van den Bergh, S. Wijnhoven & P. Meire. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. [Reference matrices and Ecotope areas Annex to the Evaluation methodology Scheldt estuary Study on “Ecotope areas and intactness index”. Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke. 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
context source (Bermuda)Amos, E. J. R. (1991). A Guide to The Birds of Bermuda. 206 pp[details]
basis of recordBanks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p.[details]
additional sourceRobbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p.[details]
additional sourceLinkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68: p.[details]
additional sourcePeterson, R.T.; Peterson, V.M. (2002). A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. Fifth Edition. Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p.[details]
additional sourceSquires, H. J. (1990). Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 221: 532 p., available online athttp://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/library/116743.pdf[details]
additional sourceVanner, M. (2003). The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. 1-383.[details]
additional sourceBrown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London.[details]
additional sourceGallardo, J. C.; Macías, V.; Velarde, E. (2009). Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico. In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. Pp. 1321–1342.[details]
additional sourceLiu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional sourceIntegrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online athttp://www.itis.gov[details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Baltic Sea
Belgium
Federal Republic of Somalia
Gulf of Mexico
Kenya
Mozambique
North Atlantic Ocean
Red Sea
South Africa
Tanzania
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Description Length: 56-61 cm. Plumage: back and crown black; wings, rump and tail grey; face, foreneck and underparts white; long occipital plumes white. Immature brown spotted with white above, below buff heavily streaked with brown. Bare parts: iris crimson in adult, orange-yellow to red in immature; facial skin greenish, blue-black when breeding; bill greenish black, black when breeding; feet and legs pale yellow, red when courting. Habitat: mangroves and inland water bodies. <388><393><391> [details] Diet opportunistic feeder; diet consists mainly of fish as well as leeches, earthworms, aquatic and terrestrial insects, crayfish, mussels, squid, amphibians, lizards, snakes, rodents, birds, eggs, carrion, plant material and garbage at landfills [details] Dimensions Length: 25" (64 cm); Wingspan: 44" (112 cm) [details] Distribution North America; Gulf of Maine to the Gulf of Mexico [details] Habitat wetlands such as swamps, streams, rivers, marshes, mud flats and they edges of overgrown lakes [details] Reproduction Breeds from New Brunswick, southern Ontario, southern Manitoba, and Oregon, south to southern South America. Eggs are laid mid May to mid June. [details]
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