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Ardea sumatrana

Photo by chiemomo
Photographed: Daintree, North Queensland

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

Asia: China, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Southeast Asia: Indochina, Myanmar, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Malay Peninsula, Brunei, Singapore, Philippines, Borneo, Indonesia, Greater Sundas, Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, Lesser Sundas, West Timor, Moluccas, East Timor
Australasia, Papua New Guinea, New Guinea, Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies^[1]

• A. s. sumatrana:

• South-east Asia, Indonesia, Philippines and New Guinea

• A. s. mathewsae:

• Tropical northern Australia

[edit] Habitat

Favours coastal areas.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
2. Avibase

• List of references

[edit] External Links

• View more images of this species on the ABID
• View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages