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		<title>The White-Bellied Heron</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://critter.science/the-white-bellied-heron/" title="The White-Bellied Heron" rel="nofollow"><img width="300" height="130" src="https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/wbh1a-300x130.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="white-bellied heron" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" srcset="https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/wbh1a-300x130.jpg 300w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/wbh1a-800x347.jpg 800w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/wbh1a-scaled.jpg 900w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>This article was originally published on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://critter.science">Critter Science</a>.</p>
<p>The white-bellied heron, aka great white-bellied heron or imperial heron, is a sizable species of heron that dwells only in the foothills of the eastern Himalayas in northeast India and Bhutan to northern Myanmar. These birds face many threats such as widespread habitat loss and destruction at the hands of [&#x2026;]</p>
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