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Revision as of 18:50, 28 February 2009
- Ixobrychus flavicollis
Identification
Adult
- 58cm.
- Black above
- Yellow neck and sides
- Whitish undersides are heavily streaked with brown
- Longish neck
- Long yellow bill
Juvenile dark brown rather than black, otherwise similar to the adult
Distribution
Tropical Asia toAustralia. Breeds from south-east Pakistan, throughout India to Sri Lanka and in western Burma, southern China and Hainan, the Philippines, southern Thailand and Indochina, southern Malaya, Sumatra, Java and Timor. Also occurs in southern New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago and Solomon Islands and in coastal western, northern and eastern Australia.
Chinese birds are migratory and winter in Malaysia and Indonesia but elsewhere this species appears to undergo dispersal governed by rains.
Taxonomy
Some authorities place this species in the genus Ixobrychus.
Ixobrychus flavicollis has three subspecies:
- I. f. flavicollis;
- I. f. australis; and
- I. f. woodfordi.
Habitat
Densely vegetated margins of lakes and ponds, forest swamps and riverbanks.
Behaviour
Often nocturnal.
Breeding
Nests are placed on a branch overhanging water and are a bed of sticks and reeds on a base of larger sticks. 3-5 eggs are laid and both parents incubate and rear the young.
Diet
The diet includes frogs, reptiles, fish and invertebrates, snails, dragonflies, shrimps and crayfish.
Vocalisation
A booming call.
References
Wikipedia
