Christmas Island Unknown Heron Identification

[Lorna Mee <>]

I suggest Black crowned Night Heron juvenile, Lorna Mee


On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 3:27 AM, Jeff Davies <> wrote:

> 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: Re: [Birding-Aus] 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: [Birding-Aus] 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.
>
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