Phrase Hound found 27 phrases and 14 compound words that contain heron. The most common are listed below. Open heron in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 27
- grey heronArdea cinerea, an Old World wading bird of the heron family.
- black-crowned night heronA medium-sized heron (Nycticorax nycticorax), found throughout a large part of the world, except in the coldest regions and Australasia.
- purple heronA wading bird, Ardea purpurea, having reddish-brown plumage and found throughout southern Europe and Asia.
- night heronAny of the nocturnal species of herons of the genera Nycticorax, Nyctanassa, and Gorsachius.
- Pacific reef heronAny heron of the species Egretta sacra, native to southern Asia and Oceania.
- great blue heronA large wading bird of the species Ardea herodias.
- Japanese night heronAn endangered species of night heron, Gorsachius goisagi, which breeds in Japan and winters in the Philippines and Indonesia, and can also be seen in the spring and summer in Korea and the Russian Far East.
- Malayan night heronA medium-sized heron, Gorsachius melanolophus, distributed in southern and eastern Asia, and breeding in India, Taiwan, China, and the Philippines.
- green heronA small species of heron, Butorides virescens, of North America (sometimes considered a subspecies of the striated heron, Butorides striata).
- squacco heronSynonym of squacco: A species of pond heron, Ardeola ralloides, which is small, and brown and white in colour; it is found in Asia, Northern Africa, and Southern Europe.
- Martins HeronA suburban area in Winkfield parish, Bracknell Forest district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU8868).
- pond heronA heron of the genus Ardeola.
- tiger heronAny heron of the genus Tigrisoma, native to the Americas.
- American night heronNyctanassa violacea, a fairly small heron found in the Americas, especially warmer coastal regions.
- Rodrigues night heronAn extinct species of heron, Nycticorax megacephalus, that lived on Rodrigues in the Mascarene Islands.
- striated heronA small species of heron, Butorides striata, of cosmopolitan distribution (sometimes including the green heron, Butorides virescens, of North America).
- little heronButorides atricapilla, a small heron of the Old World tropics.
- Louisiana heronSynonym of tricolored heron: A medium-sized, grey heron of the species Egretta tricolor.
- mangrove heronSynonym of striated heron: A small species of heron, Butorides striata, of cosmopolitan distribution (sometimes including the green heron, Butorides virescens, of North America).
- Chinese pond heronA bird of species Ardeola bacchus, of east Asia, part of a species group.
- great white heronSynonym of great egret: A large, white egret, Ardea alba, found around the world.
- Indian pond heronA bird of species Ardeola grayii, that breeds in southern Asia
- little blue heronEgretta caerulea, a small dark heron with a two-toned bill.
- white-faced heronA heron of species Egretta novaehollandiae.
- rufous night heronSynonym of Nankeen night heron: Nycticorax caledonicus, a mainly nocturnal reddish-brown heron.
Compound words 14
- heronlikeResembling or characteristic of a heron.
- heronsbillSynonym of storksbill (“plant of genus Erodium”).
- PercheronA breed of draught horse of a large, strong, usually dapple-grey type.
- heronsewA heron (originally specifically when small or young).
- bucheronA goat's-milk cheese from the Loire Valley in France.
- AbsheronThe Absheron Peninsula.
- ApsheronAlternative form of Absheron: The Absheron Peninsula.
- heronbillAlternative form of heronsbill: Synonym of storksbill (“plant of genus Erodium”).
- heronersplural of heroner: A hawk used in hunting herons.
- HerongateA village in Herongate and Ingrave parish, Brentwood borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ6291).