Length: 91?140 cm (36?55 in) Wingspan: 167?201 cm (66?79 in) Weight: 2?3.6 kg (4.4?8 lbs) Diet: Primarly small fish, other opportunistic food includes shrimp, crabs, aquatic insects, rodents and other small mammals, amphibians, reptiles, and small birds Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Pelecaniformes Family: Ardeidae Genus: Ardea Species: Ardea herodias Linnaeus, 1758
Length: 91?140 cm (36?55 in) Wingspan: 167?201 cm (66?79 in) Weight: 2?3.6 kg (4.4?8 lbs) Diet: Primarly small fish, other opportunistic food includes shrimp, crabs, aquatic insects, rodents and other small mammals, amphibians, reptiles, and small birds Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Pelecaniformes Family: Ardeidae Genus: Ardea Species: Ardea herodias Linnaeus, 1758