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.
- Least Concern
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An adult on the nest with two chicks, panting Mai Po Marshes Nature Reserve, Hong Kong (Monotypic species)
Bob Thompson 4 June 2000 3 years ago 23 sec 4.9 -
An adult standing on the mud, waiting for preys Cat Tien National Park, Cochinchina, Vietnam (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 12 April 2008 2 years ago 36 sec 4.3 -
Two juveniles in a tree, one panting Mai Po Marshes Nature Reserve, Hong Kong (Monotypic species)
Bob Thompson 4 June 2000 3 years ago 14 sec 4.3 -
An adult looking for food close to a Little Egret Cat Tien National Park, Cochinchina, Vietnam (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 12 April 2008 2 years ago 25 sec 4.2 -
An adult in breeding plumage, feeding. Mai Po Marshes Nature Reserve, Hong Kong (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 2 May 2002 7 years ago 26 sec 3.3 -
An adult in breeding plumage, feeding. Mai Po Marshes Nature Reserve, Hong Kong (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 2 May 2002 7 years ago 19 sec 3
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in flight Nam Sang Wai, Yuen Long, Hong Kong
Bob Thompson 8 February 2009 16 weeks ago 4.6 -
Bird in breeding plumage Nam Sang Wai, Yuen Long, Hong Kong
Bob Thompson 1 May 2010 17 weeks ago 4.6 -
in Flight Mai Po Marshes Nature Reserve, Hong Kong
Bob Thompson 18 October 2009 45 weeks ago 4.3 -
Chinese Pond-Heron, non-breeding plumage, Laem Pak, Bia, Thailand Laem Pak Bia-Pak Thale, Petchaburi Province, Western Thailand, Thailand
Mark Andrews 7 February 2009 1 year ago 4 -
Striding across mudflat Nam Sang Wai, Yuen Long, Hong Kong
Bob Thompson 1 February 2010 30 weeks ago 3.8 -
A non-breeding bird flying. Thale Noi Non-Hunting Area, Ban Thale Noi, Southern Thailand, Thailand
Christophe Gouraud 26 November 2009 33 weeks ago 3
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