🦩Goliath Heron
Az óriásgém vagy góliátgém (Ardea goliath) a madarak (Aves) osztályának gödényalakúak (Pelecaniformes) rendjébe, ezen belül a gémfélék (Ardeidae) családjába tartozó faj.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2025.
- Body mass
- 4.47 kg
- Body length
- not recorded
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 23 years
Everything we know about the Goliath Heron
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass4.47 kgAVONETOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Figures vary
- 4.47 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Tail length0.23 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Wing length0.57 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Beak length0.2 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Tarsus length0.24 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan23 yearsAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0
Trophic levelCarnivoreAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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HabitatWetlandAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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LifestyleTerrestrialAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Danger to humansharmlessSeaLifeBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l4.5 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Goliath Heron yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classAves
- ›orderPelecaniformes
- ›familyArdeidae
- ›genusArdea
- ›speciesArdea goliath
- superclassTetrapoda
- orderSauria
- classBirds · Aves
- familyArdeidae
All 10 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- orderSauria
- classBirds · Aves
- familyArdeidae
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