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Wednesday, October 26, 2016

CINNAMON BITTERN

Photographed in central Bali October 2016
(865)             CINNAMON BITTERN                   Ixobrychus cinnamomeus  

INDONESIA (Bali)         (86)        

The most common bittern throughout western Indonesia; freshwater wetlands; moves readily into wet paddy fields and flooded grasslands; seen less often in brackish or tidal areas. 41 cm. Oriental region east into Wallacea; partly migratory; common resident and a possible winter visitor throughout the Sunda subregion and on Sulawesi; uncommon in parts of Nusa Tenggara.