Tuesday, November 28, 2023

PURPLE HERON

Photographed southern outskirts of Siem Reap, Cambodia, November 2023

 (* 261)                 PURPLE HERON                    Ardea purpurea

CAMBODIA.               42       

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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