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Ardeola grayii
They appear stocky with a short neck, short thick bill and buff-brown back. In summer, adults have long neck feathers. Its appearance is transformed from their dull colours when they take to flight, when the white of the wings makes them very prominen
The Indian pond heron's feeding habitat is marshy wetlands.
Acridotheris tristis is Shalik the common myna. The One for sorrow, two for joy bird.
Looks similar to our Bittern, but you may have a different name. Good picture!