Phrase Hound found 21 phrases and 7 compound words that contain herons. The most common are listed below. Open herons in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 21
- Herons CreekA locality in the Port Macquarie-Hastings council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
- blue heronsplural of blue heron.
- green heronsplural of green heron: A small species of heron, Butorides virescens, of North America (sometimes considered a subspecies of the striated heron, Butorides striata).
- grey heronsplural of grey heron: Ardea cinerea, an Old World wading bird of the heron family.
- night heronsplural of night heron: Any of the nocturnal species of herons of the genera Nycticorax, Nyctanassa, and Gorsachius.
- pond heronsplural of pond heron: A heron of the genus Ardeola.
- tiger heronsplural of tiger heron: Any heron of the genus Tigrisoma, native to the Americas.
- great blue heronsplural of great blue heron: A large wading bird of the species Ardea herodias.
- Louisiana heronsplural of Louisiana heron: A medium-sized, grey heron of the species Egretta tricolor.
- mangrove heronsplural of mangrove heron: A small species of heron, Butorides striata, of cosmopolitan distribution (sometimes including the green heron, Butorides virescens, of North America).
- purple heronsplural of purple heron: A wading bird, Ardea purpurea, having reddish-brown plumage and found throughout southern Europe and Asia.
- striated heronsplural of striated heron: A small species of heron, Butorides striata, of cosmopolitan distribution (sometimes including the green heron, Butorides virescens, of North America).
- American night heronsplural of American night heron: Nyctanassa violacea, a fairly small heron found in the Americas, especially warmer coastal regions.
- Chinese pond heronsplural of Chinese pond heron: A bird of species Ardeola bacchus, of east Asia, part of a species group.
- great white heronsplural of great white heron: A large, white egret, Ardea alba, found around the world.
- Japanese night heronsplural of Japanese night heron: An 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.
- white-faced heronsplural of white-faced heron: A heron of species Egretta novaehollandiae.
- tricolored heronsplural of tricolored heron: A medium-sized, grey heron of the species Egretta tricolor.
- Malayan night heronsplural of Malayan night heron: A medium-sized heron, Gorsachius melanolophus, distributed in southern and eastern Asia, and breeding in India, Taiwan, China, and the Philippines.
- black-crowned night heronsplural of black-crowned night heron: A medium-sized heron (Nycticorax nycticorax), found throughout a large part of the world, except in the coldest regions and Australasia.
- squacco heronsplural of squacco heron: 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.
Compound words 7
- heronsbillsplural of heronsbill: Synonym of storksbill (“plant of genus Erodium”).
- heronsewsplural of heronsew: A heron (originally specifically when small or young).
- heronshawAlternative form of heronsew: A heron (originally specifically when small or young).
- heronshawsplural of heronshaw: A heron (originally specifically when small or young).
- heronshewAlternative form of heronsew: A heron (originally specifically when small or young).
- McPheronsplural of McPheron: A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
- Percheronsplural of Percheron: A breed of draught horse of a large, strong, usually dapple-grey type.