Friday, December 21, 2018

JAVAN POND HERON

Photographed on West Island, Cocos,  December 2018

(*815)                   JAVAN POND-HERON            Ardeola speciosa

AUSTRALIA               764

Found in freshwater marshes, grasslands, ponds with well-vegetated fringes and occasionally coastal mudflats. 45 cm. Distribution: parts of mainland Southeast Asia, Greater and Lesser Sundas, Sulawesi and Mindanao.