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Yellow bittern

Ixobrychus sinensis

Description:

This is a small species at 36 to 38 cm (14 to 15 in) in length, with a short neck and longish bill. The male is uniformly dull yellow above and buff below. The head and neck are chestnut, with a black crown. The female's crown, neck and breast are streaked brown, and the juvenile is like the female but heavily streaked brown below, and mottled with buff above. They can be difficult to see, given their skulking lifestyle and reed bed habitat, but tend to fly fairly frequently, when the striking contrast between the black flight feathers and the otherwise yellowish plumage makes them unmistakable.

Habitat:

Seen at Nalsarovar bird sanctuary.

Notes:

Better quality pic at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/satyenmeht...

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Gujarat, India

Spotted on May 28, 2015
Submitted on Jun 8, 2015

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