Key Facts
Family: Ardeidae
Biometrics:
Length: 46 to 56 cm, Weight: 270 to 512 g, Wingspan: 88 to 96 cm
Range:
Asia, Africa and parts of Europe. In the last century these birds have spread their wings throughout the world
Habitat:
Freshwater swamps, rice-fields, meadows, pastures and open grassy areas, mainly with cattle. Also in wet pastures, dry cultivated fields or semi-arid steppes. They occur from plains to 1200 meters of elevation and breed up to 4000 meters in the Andes in Peru
Clicked at: Tadoba, Maharashtra
