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− | [[Image:Black_Bittern.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Neil Fifer]] | + | ''Ixobrychus flavicollis'' |
− | + | [[Image:Black_Bittern.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Neil Fifer<br>Near Sydney, [[Australia]] ]] | |
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
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− | Chinese birds are migratory and winter in Malaysia and Indonesia but elsewhere this species appears to undergo dispersal governed by rains. | + | ==Distribution== |
− | + | Tropical [[Asia]] to[[ Australia]]. 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]]. | |
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+ | Chinese birds are migratory and winter in [[Malaysia]] and [[Indonesia]] but elsewhere this species appears to undergo dispersal governed by rains. | ||
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+ | ==Taxonomy== | ||
+ | ''Dupetor flavicollis'' has three subspecies: | ||
+ | *''D. f. flavicollis''; | ||
+ | *''D. f. australis''; and | ||
+ | *''D. f. woodfordi''. | ||
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+ | ==Habitat== | ||
+ | Densely vegetated margins of lakes and ponds, forest swamps and riverbanks, often nocturnal. | ||
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+ | ==Behaviour== | ||
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{{GSearch|Dupetor+flavicollis}} | {{GSearch|Dupetor+flavicollis}} |
Revision as of 10:50, 1 July 2008
- Dupetor flavicollis
Ixobrychus flavicollis
Identification
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
Dupetor flavicollis has three subspecies:
- D. f. flavicollis;
- D. f. australis; and
- D. f. woodfordi.
Habitat
Densely vegetated margins of lakes and ponds, forest swamps and riverbanks, often nocturnal.