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Green-backed Heron Butorides striata rutenbergi/javanica, 28 jul 2005

Green-backed Heron Butorides striata rutenbergi/javanica, 28 jul 2005 - Immature

Photographer

» Alain FOSSÉ

Location

» Saint-Benoît, Réunion Island, 20° 59' 41" S, 055° 42' 22" E

Country image taken

» Réunion

Date

» July, 2005

Equipment

» digiscoping: Nikon CoolPix 4500 + Leica Apo Televid 20-60x77

Bird Species

»Butorides atricapilla - Little Heron

Bird Species (French)

»Héron des mangroves

Bird Family

»Ardeidae - Herons, Bitterns

Bird Group

»Pelecaniformes Pelicans, Ibises, Spoonbills, Herons, Bitterns

Bird Status

» Least Concern

Remarks

» Immature ? (brownish wash on the cheeks, mantle, coverts edges..) Réunion subsp. is either rutenbergi or javanica according to the author...

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