{"id":33400,"count":1,"description":"The herons are long-legged freshwater and coastal birds in the family Ardeidae. There are 64 recognised species in this family. Some are called \"egrets\" or \"bitterns\" instead of \"heron\".\nWithin the family, all members of the genera Botaurus and Ixobrychus are referred to as \"bitterns\", and \u2014 including the Zigzag Heron or Zigzag Bittern \u2014 are a monophyletic group within the Ardeidae. However, egrets are not a biologically distinct group from the herons, and tend to be named differently because they are mainly white and\/or have decorative plumes. Although egrets have the same build as the larger herons, they tend to be smaller.\nThe classification of the individual heron\/egret species is fraught with difficulty, and there is still no clear consensus about the correct placement of many species into either of the two major genera, Ardea and Egretta. Similarly, the relationship of the genera in the family is not completely resolved. However, one species formerly considered to constitute a...","link":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/tag\/heron\/","name":"Heron","slug":"heron","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/33400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?tags=33400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}