Size:
33-38cm
Status:
Straggler
IWL(P) Act: Sch. IV

A single report from kerala. Resident along the banks of Indus. Looks very similar to yellow bittern. But it have dark mantle and back. Rich buffy body with black cap and pale wing coverts. Habitat: fresh marshes and wetlands with reedbeds.

Call 1


Calls from Xeno-canto.

Photo:     Jainy Kuriyakose