Chinese Pond Heron
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| Ardeola bacchus (Bonaparte, 1855) |
The Chinese Pond Heron, Ardeola bacchus, is a wading bird of the heron family Ardeidae, found in shallow fresh and salt-water wetlands and ponds in China and East Asia. Its diet comprises insects, fish, and crabs. The Chinese Pond Heron is typically 47cm long with white wings, a yellow bill with a black tip, yellow eyes and legs. Its overall colour is red, blue and white during mating season, and brown and flecked with white out of the mating season. The Chinese Pond Heron lays a brood of between 3 and 6 blue green eggs, often in mixed nests with other herons.
[edit] References
- BirdLife International (2004). Ardeola bacchus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 12 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
- A Field Guide to the Birds of South East Asia by Robson, Craig., ISBN 1-85368-313-2
Categories: Least Concern species | Ardeola | Birds of Asia | Birds of Pakistan | Birds of India | Birds of Sri Lanka | Birds of Nepal | Birds of Russia | Birds of Mongolia | Birds of China | Birds of Korea | Birds of Japan | Birds of Southeast Asia | Birds of Bangladesh | Birds of Myanmar | Birds of Vietnam | Birds of Laos | Birds of Cambodia | Birds of Thailand | Birds of Malaysia | Birds of Singapore | Birds of Brunei | Birds of Indonesia | Birds of the Philippines
