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| 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.
