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What kind of bittern?

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In the Painted Stork aviary and I really thought I'd be able to ID this myself from the net but sadly not.

4 January 2013
In the Painted Stork aviary and I really thought I\'d be able to ID this myself from the net but sadly not.

4 January 2013
 
Either Chinese Pond Heron (Ardeola bacchus) or Java Pond Heron (Ardeola speciosa) I reckon.
 
Thanks Dave, good call. Could be either, in both cases in non breeding plummage. I'm inclined to think Javan but will try to get ID when I am back at CMZ, although there was no ID sign last time.
 
Yeah, I am inclined to think Javan too as it looks a lot like the one I have seen in the past; but as the two species look almost identical when out of breeding plumage I could not rule the other taxa out.
 

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