Tuesday, 20 January 2015

Chinese Pond-heron

Order - Pelecaniformes 鹈形目
Family - Ardeidae 鹭科 (Herons)
Genus - Ardeola 池鹭属

Chinese Pond-heron
Ardeola bacchus
池鹭



    Size : c. 42–52 cm; 280–332 g; Wingspan 79–90 cm
             
    Subspecies and Distribution
  • Monotypic (Bonaparte, 1855, Malay Peninsula)
    – Breeds from Russian Far East, NE & E China and Japan SW to NE India (Assam) and N Myanmar. Winters in Andaman Is, Malay Peninsula, Indochina, Borneo and Sumatra, and NE to Ryukyu Is.

Date : 05 January 2015
南生围, 元朗区, 新界, 香港
Nam Sang Wai, Yuen Long District, New Territories, Hong Kong

Date : 05 January 2015
南生围, 元朗区, 新界, 香港
Nam Sang Wai, Yuen Long District, New Territories, Hong Kong

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