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Ardeola grayii
Photograph was taken at the Lunawa lagoon, Sri Lanka. 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 prominent.
They are very common in India, and are usually solitary foragers but numbers of them may sometimes feed in close proximity during the dry seasons when small wetlands have a high concentration of prey. They are semi-colonial breeders. They may also forage at garbage heaps. During dry seasons, they sometimes take to foraging on well watered lawns or even dry grassland. When foraging, they allow close approach and flush only at close range. They sometimes form communal roosts, often in avenue trees over busy urban areas.
Yeah. Its Indian Pond Heron and in non-breeding plumage. could not capture the shot when it was flying.
i think it's a Indian Pond Heron In non-breeding plumage, please confirm yourself !
Spotted on Oct 16, 2012
Submitted on Oct 16, 2012
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