INDIAN POND HERON

Photographed March 2017

(*  998)                  INDIAN POND HERON                Ardeola grayii

SRI LANKA               16

Found on the edges of all types of freshwater wetlands, coastal lagoons and marshes. 42-45 cm. Very common breeding resident throughout the island, also large number of winter migrants.

INDIAN POND HERON

Photographed at Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal, March 2017

998                  INDIAN POND HERON                Ardeola grayii

NEPAL                  56

Found in marshes, flooded paddy fields, lakes, village tanks, streams and ditches. 42-45 cm. Common and widespread resident.