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Nycticorax nycticorax
Medium sized wader, reaching approximately 60cm in length, usually seen hunched and hiding during the daytime. Portrayed here is juvenile - mainly dark grey-brown bird, darker on the back with white spots, and striated below. Yellow orange eyes and yellow-greenish legs. For a pic of adult bird, visit here: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/828...
Shallow open wetlands in and around the Bird Park Villars-les-Dombes, in a marshy area of Dombes; France.
Spotted on Aug 19, 2014
Submitted on Feb 7, 2018
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