G'day Nicolas,
The habitat would suggest Striated but that birds face pattern looks more
like a young Yellow Bittern to me. Birds can finish up in non-typical
habitats on Islands especially when there is a shortage of the habitat they
normally prefer.
Cheers Jeff.
-----Original Message-----
From: Birding-Aus On Behalf Of
Nikolas Haass
Sent: Tuesday, 25 February 2014 11:42 PM
To: brendon levot;
Subject: Christmas Island Unknown Heron Identification
Hi Brendon,
Looks like a young Striated Heron to me.
Nikolas
----------------
Nikolas Haass
Brisbane, QLD
________________________________
From: brendon levot <>
To: "" <>
Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2014 9:45 PM
Subject: Christmas Island Unknown Heron Identification
Hello Birding-Aus subscribers,
It would be greatly appreciated if anyone could please help to identify this
bird.
The bird was photographed on Christmas Island on the 15/02/2014. It has
caused debate over the identification on a few Facebook bird related pages.
A link to a photograph can be found here:
http://www.wildsideaustralia.com.au/unknown-birdy-2/
Sorry for the poor quality of the Photograph.
I look forward to hearing your replies,
Best always,
Brendon Levot.
_______________________________________________
Birding-Aus mailing list
To change settings or unsubscribe visit:
http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org
_______________________________________________
Birding-Aus mailing list
To change settings or unsubscribe visit:
http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org
_______________________________________________
Birding-Aus mailing list
To change settings or unsubscribe visit:
http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org
|
