Herons, Bitterns

Chinese Pond Heron

Ardeola bacchus

The Chinese Pond Heron (Ardeola bacchus) is a 305 g wetland bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. Some populations migrate.

Family

Herons, Bitterns

Order

Pelecaniformes

Weight

305 g

Habitat

Wetland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Partial migrant

Countries recorded

17

Recorded in Thailand, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, MO, India, Myanmar, Japan, Philippines, Mongolia, Israel.

Where to see it: Vientiane · Donkoi fields & river (Lao PDR); Praia de Nossa Senora de Esperanca 龍環葡韻 (Macao); Vientiane · That Luang Lake & fields (Lao PDR); Long Valley (Hong Kong); Zonas Ecológicas do Cotai-II 路氹城生態保護區-二區 (Macao).

Photo: (c) Michael Bakker Paiva, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist