Wednesday, October 12, 2016

PURPLE HERON

Photographed in Denpasar, Bali October 2016
(see  261)                 PURPLE HERON                    Ardea purpurea

INDONESIA (Bali)          (23)        

Mainly freshwater bird found in extensive swamps and adjacent, flooded paddy fields; sometimes around mangroves and tidal estuaries. 90 cm. Range: Africa and Eurasia: generally uncommon but locally numerous resident throughout the Greater Sundras and east into parts of Wallacea.



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