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title: "Héron à bec jaune"
description: "Ardea brachyrhyncha — Oiseaux. The yellow-billed egret (Ardea brachyrhyncha) is a species of heron, a medium sized heron."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/yellow-billed-egret
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Héron à bec jaune

> Ardea brachyrhyncha — Oiseaux. The yellow-billed egret (Ardea brachyrhyncha) is a species of heron, a medium sized heron.

- Scientific name: *Ardea brachyrhyncha*
- Category: `birds` (Oiseaux)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lacs et rivières)
- iNaturalist observations: 1707
- iNaturalist taxon: [1505778](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1505778)

## Names

- en: Yellow-billed Egret
- de: Edelreiher
- es: Garceta piquicorta
- fr: Héron à bec jaune

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (633), KE (159), GM (117), BW (112), TZ (99), UG (82), ZM (54), BJ (49), NA (43), ZW (35), ET (24), SN (24)

## Summary

The yellow-billed egret (Ardea brachyrhyncha) is a species of heron, a medium sized heron. This species is found in Sub-Saharan Africa. Until 2023 the yellow-billed egret was regarded as a subspecies of the intermediate egret (A. (i.) intermedia) of Asia, as was the plumed egret (A. (i.) plumifera) of Australia and Oceania.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow-billed_egret

## Photo

![Héron à bec jaune](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/yellow-billed-egret/medium.jpg)

Photo: johanj56 · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/266067631

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/yellow-billed-egret?lang=fr` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).