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Humblot's heron

Ardea humbloti Milne-Edwards & A. Grandidier, 1885

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The humblot's heron (Ardea humbloti) is a species in the family Ardeidae, order Pelecaniformes. Recorded adults weigh about 1.06 kg. Its IUCN Red List status is Endangered.

Humblot's heron (Ardea humbloti)
Photo: Daniel Vaulot · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the humblot's heron

Weight
1.06 kgsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Aquatic predatorsrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
coastalsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
3src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the humblot's heron live?

Not recorded

What is the humblot's heron?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

Humblot's heron (Ardea humbloti), also known as the Madagascar heron, is a species of heron. It is commonly found on the north and west coasts of Madagascar but it is also present in the Comoro Islands and Mayotte. Humblot's heron is considered an endangered species due to its declining population. The major threats the heron faces are poaching, habitat destruction, and the invasion of alien species such as the water hyacinth.

From the Wikipedia article “Humblot's heron” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Humblot%27s_heron&oldid=1380559981), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the humblot's heron endangered?

The humblot's heron is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List: it faces a very high risk of extinction in the wild.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Endangered species. What the categories mean.

How is the humblot's heron classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPelecaniformes
  5. familyArdeidae
  6. genusArdea
  7. SpeciesArdea humbloti Milne-Edwards & A. Grandidier, 1885
Other names and names in other languages (44)
  • Madagascar heronEnglish
  • Madagascar heronEnglish
  • بلشون مدغشقرArabic
  • بلشون همبلوتArabic
  • Хумболтова чаплаBulgarian
  • Kerc'heiz MadagaskarBreton
  • bernat de MadagascarCatalan
  • volavka madagaskarskáCzech
  • crëyr MadagasgarWelsh
  • AskehejreDanish
  • Askegrå hejreDanish
  • MadagaskarreiherGerman
  • Madagaskar-ReiherGerman
  • madagaskara ardeoEsperanto
  • Garza malgacheSpanish
  • tuhkhaigurEstonian
  • حواصیل هامبلوتPersian
  • madagaskarinhaikaraFinnish
  • Héron de HumblotFrench
  • madagaskarska čapljaCroatian
  • madagaszkári gémHungarian
  • Մադագասկարյան ձկնկուլArmenian
  • Airone di HumblotItalian
  • マダガスカルサギJapanese
  • მადაგასკარული ყანჩაGeorgian
  • madagaskarinis garnysLithuanian
  • VanoMalagasy
  • VorompasikaMalagasy
  • VorompotsyMalagasy
  • VoronombyMalagasy
  • Mágí Bitseeʼ Noodǫ́zí Bikéyahdę́ę́ʼ toohjįʼ noołnahiiNavajo
  • MadagaskarreigerDutch
  • madagaskarhegreNorwegian
  • czapla maskowaPolish
  • ہمبولٹ بگلاWestern Panjabi
  • garça-malgaxePortuguese
  • Мадагаскарская цапляRussian
  • volavka maskováSlovak
  • madagaskarhägerSwedish
  • Madagaskar BalıkçılıTurkish
  • чапля мадагаскарськаUkrainian
  • 馬島鷺Chinese
  • 馬達加斯加鷺Chinese
  • 马岛鹭Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistTAXREFWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the humblot's heron

Other species in the same genus Ardea.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the humblot's heron?

An adult humblot's heron weighs 1.06 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the humblot's heron endangered?

The humblot's heron is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces a very high risk of extinction in the wild.

What kind of animal is the humblot's heron?

The humblot's heron (Ardea humbloti) belongs to the family Ardeidae in the order Pelecaniformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Humblot's heron (Ardea humbloti). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/humblots-heron

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{humblots_heron_2026,
  title = {Humblot's heron (Ardea humbloti)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/humblots-heron},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}