Key Facts
Family: Ardeidae
Biometrics:
Length: 53 to 72 cm, Weight: 400 g, Wingspan: 105 to 115 cm
Range:
Eastern Asia and Australia and populate areas from East Africa to the Indian subcontinent
Habitat:
Live in varied types of habitats - freshwater marshes, pools, rice fields, flooded fields, freshwater areas along rivers, but also brackish and saltwater lakes. This species needs dense emergent aquatic vegetation. They can be seen from sea-level up to 1000 to 1400 meters altitude
Clicked at: Supa Dam across Kali river at Ganeshgudi