Javan pond heron (Ardeola speciosa) Javan Pond-Heron - Surabaya - East Java_MG_6063
Date 21 August 2016, 16:17
Source Javan Pond-Heron - Surabaya - East Java_MG_6063
Author Francesco Veronesi from Italy
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Javan_Pond-Heron_-_Surabaya_-_East_Java_MG_6063_(29187033724).jpg
The Javan pond heron (Ardeola speciosa) is a wading bird of the heron family, found in shallow fresh and salt-water wetlands in Southeast Asia. Its diet comprises insects, fish, and crabs.
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Ardeidae
Genus: Ardeola
Species: Ardeola speciosa Horsfield, 1821