ARDEIDAE
JAVAN POND HERON

Location : Malim Nawar, Perak
Date : 21 March 2021

45 cm Adult non-breeding/juvenile: Possibly not distinguishable, but may show less obvious dusky tips to outermost primaries than Chinese. Adult breeding: Buffish head and neck, deep cinnamon-rufous breast, blackish-slate mantle and scapulars, white head-plumes. VOICE Similar to other pond herons. HABITAT Various wetlands, particularly along coast; lowlands. RANGE Co R C Thailand, Cambodia, Cochinchina. Rc (status?) Tenasserim. V S Thailand, Pen Malaysia, Singapore.