Herons (Ardeidae)
Chinese Pond-heron (Ardeola bacchus) - HBW 1, p. 416
French: Crabier chinois
German: Bacchusreiher
Spanish: Garcilla China
Other common names: Paddybird
Taxonomy: Buphus bacchus Bonaparte, 1855, Malay Peninsula.
Forms superspecies with A. grayii, A. speciosa and perhaps A. idae. Monotypic.
Distribution: Breeds from Manchuria and E China W to Assam, N Burma and Andaman Is, and recently also Japan; winters in Malay Peninsula, Indochina, Borneo and Sumatra, and recently in Ryukyu Is.
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An adult on the nest with two chicks, panting Locality Mai Po Marshes Nature Reserve, Hong Kong (Monotypic species)
Bob Thompson 4 June 2000 5 years ago 23 sec 4.7 -
Foraging Locality Nam Sang Wai, Yuen Long, Hong Kong
Bob Thompson 26 April 2012 42 weeks ago 33 sec 4.5 -
winter plumage Locality Hong Kong
Vicky Cheng 5 November 2010 1 year ago 1 min 16 sec 4.5 -
a bird in sunlight Locality Laem Pak Bia-Pak Thale, Phetchaburi Province, Western Thailand, Thailand (Monotypic species)
Daniêl Jimenez 24 December 2010 2 years ago 49 sec 4.5 -
Two juveniles in a tree, one panting Locality Mai Po Marshes Nature Reserve, Hong Kong (Monotypic species)
Bob Thompson 4 June 2000 5 years ago 14 sec 4.4 -
An adult standing on the mud, waiting for preys Locality Cat Tien National Park, Cochinchina, Vietnam (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 12 April 2008 4 years ago 36 sec 4.3
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in flight
Locality Nam Sang Wai, Yuen Long, Hong Kong
Bob Thompson 8 February 2009 3 years ago 4.5 -
Bird in breeding plumage
Locality Nam Sang Wai, Yuen Long, Hong Kong
Bob Thompson 1 May 2010 3 years ago 4.3 -
An adult Chinese Pond Heron guarding its territory.
Locality Po Toi islands, Hong Kong
William IP 1 April 2013 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4 -
Submerging in a pond
Locality Shing Mun Valley Park, Hong Kong (Monotypic species)
Terence S K LAI 14 December 2011 18 weeks ago 4 -
in Flight
Locality Mai Po Marshes Nature Reserve, Hong Kong
Bob Thompson 18 October 2009 3 years ago 4 -
Bird in flight.
Locality Da Lat, Da Lat Plateau, Annam, Vietnam
Miriam Bauman 10 February 2013 4 weeks ago 3.8
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