JAVAN POND HERON

Photographed on West Island, Cocos,  December 2018

(*815)                   JAVAN POND-HERON            Ardeola speciosa

AUSTRALIA               764

Found in freshwater marshes, grasslands, ponds with well-vegetated fringes and occasionally coastal mudflats. 45 cm. Distribution: parts of mainland Southeast Asia, Greater and Lesser Sundas, Sulawesi and Mindanao.  

JAVAN POND HERON

Photographed in Denpasar, Bali October 2016

(815)                  JAVAN POND-HERON            Ardeola speciosa

INDONESIA (Bali)         (13)

Found in freshwater marshes, paddy fields, prawn pond areas, tidal mudflats and along mangrove edges. 45 cm. Range: South-east Asia and Indonesia, mainly sedentary; common resident and non-breeding visitor in parts of Sunda and Wallacea subregions.