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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
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| − | Breeds throughout the Indian Subcontinent and on Sri Lanka and north-east to northern China, Korea, Sakhalin and Japan and south through Indochina, Malaysia, the Philippines and Indonesia to New Guinea. Also breeds in the Seychelles. | + | Breeds throughout the Indian Subcontinent and on [[Sri Lanka]] and north-east to northern [[China]], [[Korea]], Sakhalin and [[Japan]] and south through Indochina, [[Malaysia]], the [[Philippines]] and Indonesia to [[New Guinea]]. Also breeds in the Seychelles. |
Resident in much of range but a summer visitor present April-October in northern China and Japan. Wintering range mainly within breeding range of southern birds but becomes more widespread in Indonesia. | Resident in much of range but a summer visitor present April-October in northern China and Japan. Wintering range mainly within breeding range of southern birds but becomes more widespread in Indonesia. | ||
| − | Recorded as a vagrant in Australia. | + | Recorded as a vagrant in Australia. Accidental vagrant to Attu Island, [[Alaska]]. |
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==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Marshy areas with dense vegetation, often reedbeds and paddyfields. sometimes mangroves. | Marshy areas with dense vegetation, often reedbeds and paddyfields. sometimes mangroves. | ||
Revision as of 18:54, 18 August 2008
- Ixobrychus sinensis
Description
Identification
Distribution
Breeds throughout the Indian Subcontinent and on Sri Lanka and north-east to northern China, Korea, Sakhalin and Japan and south through Indochina, Malaysia, the Philippines and Indonesia to New Guinea. Also breeds in the Seychelles. Resident in much of range but a summer visitor present April-October in northern China and Japan. Wintering range mainly within breeding range of southern birds but becomes more widespread in Indonesia. Recorded as a vagrant in Australia. Accidental vagrant to Attu Island, Alaska.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Marshy areas with dense vegetation, often reedbeds and paddyfields. sometimes mangroves.
