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Post by Renoir Abrea on Jan 12, 2010 1:47:25 GMT
hi' saw this group last sunday. the "brown egret" has a white underwing color. ID please.  D5000 + Sigma 150-500mm, 500mm, ISO2500, 1/320s, f/7.1, +1.0EV, Handheld |
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Post by Romy Ocon on Jan 12, 2010 1:59:08 GMT
Hi Renoir, these are Pond-Heron species in non-breeding plumage, either a Javan or Chinese. It's virtually impossible to differentiate the two when non-breeding by looking at photos alone.
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Post by Godfrey "Godo" Jakosalem on Jan 12, 2010 2:09:34 GMT
Hi Renoir,
Yah Ka Romy is right Javan Pond Heron or Chinese Pond Heron, it's very difficult to ID this time since its showing non breeding plumage. Hope to catch this species soon to really study the plumage patterns of both species. Our forest warden in Alcoy Forest in Southern Cebu caught one but they released it in the morning after making a report. Sayang... Maybe next time.
Hope to visit your site soon!
Cheers,
Godo
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Post by steve pryor on Jan 12, 2010 8:00:07 GMT
Hi Renoir,
They are right. Without netting them, and doing the morphometry (i.e., the measurements), and other close analysis, just get used to seeing people giving the unsatisfactory ID of Ardeola sp. While there are range considerations that might tend to prefer one species over the other, when they are in basic (i.e., non-breeding) plumage, eyeballing photos, or seeing them in the field is just not enough to give definitives. Those, like me, that are well versed in bird identification, won't touch them other than saying Ardeola sp.
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