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Peter Barrand reports that a Pond Heron was among a
fall of migrants which arrived at Christmas Is yesterday. When questioned as to
which species, after further observation and research in MacKinnon &
Phillips, the observers reckon its a Javan because it has a yellow iris as
opposed to brown on Chinese Pond Heron. Same reference says indistinguishable in
juv. and non-breeding plumage, and it's, not in breeding plumage. Hancock &
Kushlan's Heron Handbook doesn't make this distinction. Can anyone
comment on the reliability of this distinction. The only previous report of a
Pond Heron was not satisfactorily resolved to species.
Mike Carter
30 Canadian Bay Road
Mt
Eliza VIC 3930
Ph: (03) 9787
7136
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