LOCAL NAMES

• Induru koka, අළු කොකා, Alu koka, కొంగ, ਬਗਲਾ, héron, Reiher, बगळा, airone, बगला, garza, ஹெரான், ഹെറോൺ, ಬೆಳ್ಳಕ್ಕಿ, ඉඳුරු කොකා, بگلا, مالك الحزين, ধুপনি বক, खैरा बकुला, खैरा अंजन, કબુત, કબૂત બગલો, नारी, कैबुड, सैन, ಬೂದು ಬಕ, ചാരമുണ്ടി, राखी बगळा, राखी बलाक, କୁଜିବଗ, சாம்பல் நாரை, నారాయణ పక్షి
• Afrikaans Bloureier
• Albanian Ҫafka e përhime
• Arabic بلشون رمادي
• Armenian Մոխրագույն տառեղ
• Asturian Garcia real
• Azerbaijani Boz vağ
• Basque Koartza hauskara
• Bulgarian Сива чапла
• Catalan Bernat pescaire
• Chinese 蒼鷺
• Chinese (SIM) 苍鹭
• Croatian siva čaplja
• Czech volavka popelavá
• Danish Fiskehejre
• Dutch Blauwe Reiger
• English Gray Heron
• English (United States) Gray Heron
• Faroese Gráhegri
• Finnish harmaahaikara
• French Héron cendré
• French (French Guiana) Héron cendré
• Galician Garza real
• German Graureiher
• Greek Σταχτοτσικνιάς
• Gujarati કબૂત બગલો
• Hebrew אנפה אפורה
• Hindi अंजन
• Hungarian Szürke gém
• Icelandic Gráhegri
• Indonesian Cangak abu
• Italian Airone cenerino
• Japanese アオサギ
• Korean 왜가리
• Latvian Zivju gārnis
• Lithuanian Pilkasis garnys
• Malayalam ചാരമുണ്ടി
• Marathi राखी बगळा
• Mongolian Хөх дэглий
• Norwegian gråhegre
• Odia ଅଞ୍ଜନା
• Persian حواصیل خاکستری
• Polish czapla siwa
• Portuguese (Angola) Garça-real
• Portuguese (Brazil) garça-moura-europeia
• Portuguese (Portugal) Garça-real
• Romanian Stârc cenușiu
• Russian Серая цапля
• Serbian Siva čaplja
• Slovak volavka popolavá
• Slovenian Siva čaplja
• Spanish Garza Real
• Spanish (Spain) Garza real
• Swedish gråhäger
• Telugu నారాయణ పక్షి
• Thai นกกระสานวล
• Turkish Gri Balıkçıl
• Ukrainian Чапля сіра

DESCRIPTION

Ardea cinerea, a long-legged wading bird of the heron family, Ardeidae. native throughout temperate Europe and Asia and also parts of Africa. It is resident in much of its range. A bird of wetland areas, it can be seen around lakes, rivers, ponds, marshes and on the sea coast. The body and wings are grey above and the underparts are greyish-white, with some black on the flanks. The long, sharply pointed beak is pinkish-yellow and the legs are brown. Their Sounds calls are like … Locally named Induru Koka. It is one of the oldest documented birds in the world.