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Yellow Bittern
Latin Name:
Ixobrychus sinensis
Category:
Size:
38cm
Description:
A small heron very similar to the Little but with a beige-brown back, black flight feathers, tail and crown that act as a contrast to the buff body. Rear neck is darker, and foreneck whiter with faint streaking. Female and immature have more rufous coloured streaking.
Habitat:
Inhabits reedbeds and wet scrub near a rivers and jheels and wet paddy. Solitary but breeding densities can be quite high. Usually seen in feeding flights.
Distribution:
Rather local breeding resident mainly in the Northeast, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and IndoGangetic Plains. Mainly monsoon breeding visitor to the Northwest.
Call:
Call Description:
Rarely a sharp kark. Male’s breeding call is a quiet uu…uu.
IUCN:
National Status:
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