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- Longueur
- 44–47 cm
- Envergure
- 80–92 cm
- Poids
- 300 g
Présence dans le détroit
Estival rare, with occasional wintering birds isolated on Guardiaro River estuary, marshes of Barbate and Janda, place it where you started playing in 2006, and since 2009 regularly does some couple (3 -4 pairs). are migrant, single birds occasionally wintering on the River Guadiaro estuary and La Janda, where it used to breed until it dried out. Rice growing in the latter area is creating the right conditions for breeding in the future.
Identification
Solitary. Breeding plumage is very different from that in winter, when it loses the elongated nape feathers, head and neck-sides become streaked and bill base becomes yellow. Juveniles are like winter adults. In flight, pure white wings and tail.
Déplacements
Prenuptial migration mainly in April and May; postnuptial migration towards the end of August and the 2nd hf. September.
Reprises de bagues
France (1). Ardeidae Avetorillo Común ad. ad. juv. Martinete Común ad.E juv. Garcilla Cangrejera
Texte éditorial de Bioestrecho. Dernière révision : 8 septembre 2026.
Galerie
Mourad Harzallah, CC BY · 2022
Christiaan Viljoen, CC BY · 2019
Christiaan Viljoen, CC BY · 2019
Christiaan Viljoen, CC BY · 2019
uid101125, CC BY · 2025
uid101125, CC BY · 2025