INDIAN POND-HERON Ardeola grayii

Also a common species on the Indian subcontinent and west as far as the Persian Gulf, but a duller bird than some of its counterparts.Both this and the Chinese Pond Heron have occurred in the Western Palearctic, but the only record(s) in Britain are tainted with escape probability..

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