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Ardea purpurea
Dark plumage with some rufous. In flight long thin neck is tightly coiled. almost kinked, and dark flight feathers contrast against rufous wing lining. Call harsh croak. L 36"; Wingspan 55"
Fairly common in all types of wetlands from coastal marshesto ricefield!. Nests in colonies in isolated patches of trees.
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superb shot, albert!