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Intermediate Egret

Vishal Vasu — Sun, 15 Apr 2018 09:56:07 +0000

The Intermediate Egret belongs to the family, Ardeidae i.e. Herons, Egrets, Bitterns. This species is intermediate in size between the Great Egret and the Little Egret and Cattle Egret. The Intermediate Egret is widely distributed in the Indian subcontinent, Africa, China, Korea, Japan, Southeast Asia and Australia. Gujarati Name મોટો Read more…

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Little Egret

Vishal Vasu — Tue, 06 Feb 2018 08:51:42 +0000

The Little Egret is a species of medium-sized bird which feeds in shallow water and on land. They creep along the edge of the water and suddenly attack small animals hiding in the mud by shuffling their legs. It is also observed that the egrets invite small fish by wiggling Read more…

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Grey Heron

Sanjeev Kapadia — Mon, 13 Nov 2017 08:28:51 +0000

Grey Heron is a large water bird with a grey plumage. It stands still like a statue at water’s edge and uses it’s dagger shaped bill to spear a fish. Usually Grey Herons stand still and wait for prey to approach in the water. They capture prey with their bills Read more…

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Indian Pond Heron

Sanjeev Kapadia — Fri, 03 Nov 2017 11:01:53 +0000

The Indian Pond Heron, also known as the Paddy Bird, is the most common bird species found all over the World and also in India. It is so habituated with humans that it allows them to get very close to them before it is alarmed and takes the flight. This Read more…

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Purple Heron

Sanjeev Kapadia — Fri, 03 Nov 2017 10:47:38 +0000

Purple Heron is the most colourful and beautiful wading bird in heron family. It looks like grey heron but it is smaller in size and the snake-like neck and dark plumage makes it look different. Its colourful plumage actually provides excellent camouflage among the reeds. It is also known as Read more…

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Cattle Egret

Vishal Vasu — Wed, 13 Sep 2017 09:01:32 +0000

This wading bird gets its common name, Cattle Egret, from its habit of commonly wandering alongside herds of cattle and other animals. It can be easily spotted and identified by its stocky appearance and hunched posture, even when it is standing, as it moves alongside herds of cattle or perches Read more…

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Black-crowned Night Heron

Vishal Vasu — Tue, 12 Sep 2017 07:16:19 +0000

The Black-crowned Night Heron is the most wide-spread heron in the world, breeding on every continent except Antarctica and Australia. It is a short, stocky wading bird. They are most active at night or at dusk when they leave their roosting sites to forage in wetlands. They are hard to Read more…

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Black Bittern

Vishal Vasu — Fri, 01 Sep 2017 09:38:03 +0000

The Black Bittern is a wading bird and is distributed in Indian Subcontinent, China, Southeast Asia, Australia and Indonesia. It is a large-sized heron with a bold yellow neck stripe and though it is resident, these bittern species show local movements, especially in search of water and based on rains. Read more…

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Western Reef-egret

Sanjeev Kapadia — Tue, 22 Aug 2017 07:46:39 +0000

Western Reef-egret, also called the Western Reef-heron, is a medium-sized heron found in southern Europe, Africa and parts of Asia. This bird has two plumage colours. There is an all-white morph and a dark grey morph. They are also known as Reef- Egret, Indian Reef Egret, Indian Reef Heron, Reef Read more…

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