Saturday, April 15, 2017

PURPLE HERON

Subspecies manilensis, photographed March 2017
(*  261)             PURPLE HERON           Areda purpurea

SRI LANKA              26

Found mainly in the vegetation of marshes, paddy fields and tanks; in reedy swamps and mangroves around lagoons. 78-90 cm. Rather common breeding resident in lowlands and ascends up to lower hills, but rare in hills.




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