Ardea ralloides.

Title
Nederlands: Ralreiger uit Nederlandsche vogelen; volgens hunne huishouding, aert, en eigenschappen beschreeven
English: Squacco heron (Adult in summer plumage) from Nederlandsche vogelen (Dutch birds) by Nozeman and Sepp (1770-1829)
Author Cornelius Nozeman (1720–1786); Christiaan Andreas Sepp (ca 1710–1775); Jan Christiaan Sepp (1739–1811); Martinus Houttuyn (1720–1798)
Object type Book
Description
English: Plate 232 from the Nederlandsche vogelen by Nozeman and Sepp.
Nederlands: Plaat 232 uit de Nederlandsche vogelen door Nozeman en Sepp.
Date between 1770 and 1829
Medium Print, coloured by hand
Place of creation Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Notes
English:
Modern scientific name of bird depicted: Ardeola ralloides (Scopoli, 1769)
Modern English name of bird depicted: Squacco heron
Modern Dutch name of bird depicted: Ralreiger
Dutch name as mentioned in book: Krab-Reiger
Latin name as mentioned in book: Ardea Ralloides
File number: 456b
Items depicted on plate: Adult in summer plumage
Source/Photographer
Plate with file number '456b' from "Nederlandsche vogelen" at the website of the Koninklijke Bibliotheek
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nederlandsche_vogelen_(KB)_-_Ardeola_ralloides_(456b).jpg

The squacco heron (Ardeola ralloides) is a small heron of Old World origins, breeding in southern Europe and the Greater Middle East. The squacco heron (Ardeola ralloides) is a migrant, wintering in Africa.