Javan Pond Heron
by Michelle Meenawong
Title
Javan Pond Heron
Artist
Michelle Meenawong
Medium
Photograph - Metal Print
Description
The Javan Pond Heron is a small brown streaked heron with a golden brown head and black back in the breeding season. .
ADULT: In non-breeding plumage, the head is streaked olive brown and buff. The bill is yellow with dusky on the upper bill and a blue base.The lores are green yellow and the irises are yellow. The neck is streaked brown and the back and rest of upper parts are pale olive brown. The tail and wings are white. The breast is streaked brown, with the rest of the under parts white. The legs are pale green yellow.
In the breeding season, it has a pale gold yellow head, crest and neck with two long buff white crest plumes. The bill becomes bright yellow with a black ring at or very near the tip and blue at the base. The lores are dull greenish-yellow but the irises turn orange. Elongated slate black back feathers extend to the tail tip. Wings are white and are covered by the back skirt when standing. The plumes of the lower neck and breast and a collar at the lower neck are rufous to cinnamon, normally lacking black feather tips. These plumes extend to the upper belly. The rest of the under parts are white, tinged in orange. The legs are pale yellow, but become green yellow, soon after the eggs are laid, and later dark green.
VARIATION: The sexes are apparently alike. Geographic variation in the mainland population is recognized by the subspecies continentalis. This population has a longer wing and bill.
JUVENILE: Juveniles are streaky brown, like the nonbreeding adult.
CHICK: The downy chick is brown, white and grey.
VOICE: The typical Squawk call is its flight call. The “Krak” call is the disturbance call.
WEIGHTS AND MEASUREMENTS: Length: 45 cm.
The Javan Pond Heron occurs in southeast Asia and the East Indies.
The Javan Pond Heron is probably most commonly seen and associated with rice fields. It also occurs on a variety of flooded grasslands, marshes, ponds and the margins of lakes. Along the coast it uses mangroves, coastal flats and reefs. It is primarily a lowland bird, occurring from sea level to up to 1500 m, in Java.
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