What is Great-billed heron?
{{Taxobox | name = Great-billed heron | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | image = Ardea sumatrana -Palawan, Philippines-8.jpg | image_caption= Adult in [[Palawan]], [[Philippines]] | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[bird|Aves]] | ordo = [[Pelecaniformes]] | familia = [[Ardeidae]] | genus = ''[[Ardea (genus)|Ardea]]'' | binomial = ''Ardea sumatrana'' | binomial_authority = [[Thomas Stamford Raffles|Raffles]], 1822 }} The '''great-billed heron''' (''Ardea sumatrana'') is a wading [[bird]] of the [[heron]] family '''Ardeidae'''. It is resident from [[southeast Asia]] to [[Papua New Guinea]] and [[Australia]]. Its habitats are largely coastal such as islands, [[coral reef]]s, [[mangroves]] and large rivers. However, occasionally, it can be found inland in shallow ponds. It feeds in shallow water, spearing [[fish]] with its long, sharp bill. It will wait motionless for [[Predation|prey]], or slowly stalk its [[victim]]. {{-}} {{biology-stub}} [[category:Birds of Australia]] [[Category:Ardeidae]] [[Category:Birds of Asia]] [[Category:Birds of Oceania]]