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Javan & Chinese Pond-heron

Chinese Pond-heron Ardeola bacchus. Budai, Taiwan, 23710/2013.
Chinese Pond-heron Ardeola bacchus. Budai, Taiwan, 23710/2013.
Chinese Pond-heron Ardeola bacchus. Budai, Taiwan, 23710/2013.
Javan /Chinese Pond-heron. Cat Tien, Vietnam. 20/11/2010.
Juvenile Javan /Chinese Pond-heron. Cat Tien, Laem Pak Bia, Thailand. 10/12/2013.
Javan Pond-heron Ardeola speciosa continentalis. Pak Thale, Thailand. 8/12/2013.
Javan Pond-heron Ardeola speciosa continentalis. Pak Thale, Thailand. 8/12/2013.
Javan Pond-heron Ardeola speciosa continentalis. Pak Thale, Thailand. 8/12/2013.
Chinese Pond-heron Ardeola bacchus. Khai Yai NP, Thailand. 12/12/2013.
These two species are often indistingible in the field; see a good paper about ID in this Birding Frontiers reference

 kw: Herons, Ardeidae, Garcilla China, Garcilla Indonesia.