Malaysian Birds

 Chinese Egret

Size & diagnostic markings:- 68 Cm. This Egret have large bills, slender and pointed. Upper mandible black while lower yellow. Flesh on the face -green. Has greenish legs and feet. Breeding time, face turns blue and saggy nape plumes develop. The feet turns yellow. Distribution :-  This bird is native to Korean Peninsula then south China and the Greater Sunda Habitats & preferences:- The Chinese Egrets is a bird of the estuary and mudflats. Yes they are also in inland waterways. The surroundings needs to be green and undisturbed. In the padifields they too forage alone but in the same area, there could be quite a good number present. The Chinese Egret is fairly large at 68 cm. This the bird from the off shore Islands of Korea and China and winters in the Greater Sundas and Philippines. A common bird at the mudflats in Peninsula Malaysia. Prominently the upper mandible is dark color and two third of the lower mandible in flesh or yellowish tone. Facial skin is yellowish towards green. The legs and feet are dull green. This is a bird of the mudflats and the estuary, Get to see many of this bird in Bagan Sungei Buloh and Jeram. So far have not recorded any bird in breeding plumage. Chinese Egret's  1 Chinese Egret's  2 Chinese Egret's . 3 Chinese Egret's  4 Chinese Egret's  5 Chinese Egret's . 6 Chinese Egret's . 7 Chinese Egret's . 8 Chinese Egret's . 9 Chinese Egret's  10 Chinese Egret's  11 Chinese Egret's 12 Chinese Egret's  13 In Malaysia, where can the bird be found:-  I found the bird in the inland waterways easier to ID. In Bagan Sungei Buloh there are many such birds at any one time but all well spaced out in their preferred spots. In KSNP, the number have dwindled to a couple of birds.

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