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Little Heron
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Little Heron
Butorides striatus
Main features: Small (40-46cm); greenish-grey; neck short; black crown with long black crest; underparts paler grey; bill black; legs and toes pale yellow/ orange; facial skin greenish. Genders look alike.
Juvenile: Generally duller; upperparts dark brown; white spots on wings; throat, neck and breast white streaked brown; legs dull green.
In flight: Wings appear all dark; toes project well beyond tail.
Call: A quiet bird. Its call described as a harsh single ke-yow or chauk when flushed into flight; a raspy kitch-itch-itch; a loud kweak..kee-kee-kee.
Similar birds:
Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax): Although they have a similar hunched over profile, the Little Heron is smaller and dirtier looking.
Status in Singapore: The most common and widespread resident heron. Also a rare winter visitor (A. s. amurensis). Throughout the island including North and South offshore islands.
World distribution: Old World tropics and subtropics including Australia, except Europe.
Classification: Family Ardeidae. World 65 species, Singapore 17 species. There are several subspecies of this heron, the local subspecies is A. s. javanicus. |
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Wow! What a splendid shot and marvellous capture!! It's so beautiful this heron! Excellent sharpness, POV, DOF and composition.
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