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| - | ;Dupetor flavicollis | + | [[Image:Black_Bittern.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Neil+Fifer|Neil Fifer}}<br />Near Sydney, [[Australia]]]] |
| - | [[Image:Black_Bittern.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Neil Fifer]] | + | ;[[:Category:Dupetor|Dupetor]] flavicollis |
| - | ==Description== | + | ''Ixobrychus flavicollis'' |
| - | Placed in monotypic genus Dupetor | + | |
| | ==Identification== | | ==Identification== |
| - | Black Bittern | + | '''Adult''' |
| - | Ixobrychus flavicollis (Dupetor flavicollis) | + | *58cm. |
| - | RANGE Tropical Asia to Australia. Breeds from south-east Pakistan, throughout India to Sri Lanka and in western Burma, southern China and Hainan, the Philippines, southern Thailand and Indochina, southern Malaya, Sumatra, Java and Timor. Also occurs in southern New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago and Solomon Islands and in coastal western, northern and eastern Australia. | + | *Black above |
| | + | *Yellow neck sides |
| | + | *Whitish undersides are heavily streaked with brown |
| | + | *Longish neck |
| | + | *Long yellow bil<br /> |
| | + | '''Juvenile''' dark brown rather than black, otherwise similar to the adult |
| | + | ==Distribution== |
| | + | Tropical [[Asia]] to[[ Australia]]. Breeds from south-east [[Pakistan]], throughout [[India]] to [[Sri Lanka]] and in western [[Burma]], southern [[China]] and Hainan, the [[Philippines]], southern [[Thailand]] and [[Indochina]], southern [[Malaya]], [[Sumatra]], [[Java]] and [[Timor]]. Also occurs in southern [[New Guinea]], the [[Bismarck Archipelago]] and [[Solomon Islands]] and in coastal western, northern and eastern [[Australia]]. |
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| - | Chinese birds are migratory and winter in Malaysia and Indonesia but elsewhere this species appears to undergo dispersal governed by rains. | + | Chinese birds are migratory and winter in [[Malaysia]] and [[Indonesia]] but elsewhere this species appears to undergo dispersal governed by rains. |
| - | | + | ==Taxonomy== |
| - | HABITAT Densely vegetated margins of lakes and ponds, forest swamps and riverbanks, often nocturnal. | + | Some authorities place this species in the genus [[:Category:Ixobrychus|Ixobrychus]]. |
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| - | Shot near Sydney, Australia | + | ''Dupetor flavicollis'' has three subspecies: |
| | + | *''D. f. flavicollis'': |
| | + | :*[[India]] and South-eastern [[Asia]] to [[Indonesia]] and [[Philippines]] |
| | + | *''D. f. australis'': |
| | + | :*[[Moluccas]], [[New Guinea]] and Bismarck Archipelago to west, north and eastern [[Australia]] |
| | + | *''D. f. woodfordi'': |
| | + | :*Solomon Islands |
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| | + | ==Habitat== |
| | + | Densely vegetated margins of lakes and ponds, forest swamps and riverbanks. |
| | + | ==Behaviour== |
| | + | Often nocturnal. |
| | + | ====Breeding==== |
| | + | Nests are placed on a branch overhanging water and are a bed of sticks and reeds on a base of larger sticks. Both adults incubate the 3 to 5 eggs and rear the young. |
| | + | ====Diet==== |
| | + | The diet includes frogs, reptiles, fish and invertebrates, snails, dragonflies, shrimps and crayfish. |
| | + | ====Vocalisation==== |
| | + | A booming call. |
| | + | ==References== |
| | + | #{{Ref-Clements6thDec08}}#Wikipedia |
| | + | {{ref}} |
| | ==External Links== | | ==External Links== |
| - | {{GSearch|Dupetor+flavicollis}} | + | {{GSearch|Ixobrychus+flavicollis Use ''Ixobrychus flavicollis'' to}} |
| | + | {{GSearch|Ixobrychus+flavicollis Use ''Dupetor flavicollis'' to}} |
| | *[http://www.aviceda.org/abid/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&fid=49&bid=636 View more images of this species on the ABID] | | *[http://www.aviceda.org/abid/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&fid=49&bid=636 View more images of this species on the ABID] |
| - | *[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=1092&Bird_Image_ID=1035&Bird_Family_ID=116 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages] | + | [[Category:Birds]][[Category:Ixobrychus]] [[Category:Dupetor]] |
| - | [[Category:Birds]] | + | |
Revision as of 16:49, 2 February 2011
- Dupetor flavicollis
Ixobrychus flavicollis
Identification
Adult
- 58cm.
- Black above
- Yellow neck sides
- Whitish undersides are heavily streaked with brown
- Longish neck
- Long yellow bil
Juvenile dark brown rather than black, otherwise similar to the adult
Distribution
Tropical Asia to Australia. Breeds from south-east Pakistan, throughout India to Sri Lanka and in western Burma, southern China and Hainan, the Philippines, southern Thailand and Indochina, southern Malaya, Sumatra, Java and Timor. Also occurs in southern New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago and Solomon Islands and in coastal western, northern and eastern Australia.
Chinese birds are migratory and winter in Malaysia and Indonesia but elsewhere this species appears to undergo dispersal governed by rains.
Taxonomy
Some authorities place this species in the genus Ixobrychus.
Dupetor flavicollis has three subspecies:
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Habitat
Densely vegetated margins of lakes and ponds, forest swamps and riverbanks.
Behaviour
Often nocturnal.
Breeding
Nests are placed on a branch overhanging water and are a bed of sticks and reeds on a base of larger sticks. Both adults incubate the 3 to 5 eggs and rear the young.
Diet
The diet includes frogs, reptiles, fish and invertebrates, snails, dragonflies, shrimps and crayfish.
Vocalisation
A booming call.
References
- 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.
- Wikipedia
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