Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:
A large aquatic bird, pronounced unclean
Concise Bible Dictionary:
A bird that was unclean to the Israelites. The name anaphah cannot be identified, but several species of heron are found throughout Palestine, which are doubtless included because of the words “after her kind.” The Ardea cinerea is a heron common in Palestine. They live upon fish, frogs, and reptiles. (RV margin has “ibis.”) (Lev. 11:1919And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat. (Leviticus 11:19); Deut. 14:1818And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat. (Deuteronomy 14:18)).
Gray Heron — Ardea Cinerea
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Transliteration:
’anaphah
Meaning:
from 599; an unclean bird, perhaps the parrot (from its irascibility)