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Javan Pond Heron

Ardeola speciosa

Description:

*Wading Bird of the Heron Family *45 cm long with white wings, a yellow bill with a black tip, yellow eyes and legs. *overall colour is orange, slaty and white during mating season, and brown and flecked with white out of the mating season. *non-breeding plumage is similar to that of the Chinese and Indian pond herons

Habitat:

* shallow fresh and salt-water wetlands in Southeast Asia.

Notes:

Diet: Insects, fish and crabs

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Louis5
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Louis5

Bacolod, Western Visayas, Philippines

Spotted on Nov 3, 2019
Submitted on Nov 3, 2019

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