25 Jan 2022

Black-Crowned night heron at Shanghai Bund

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A Black-crowned night heron, Nycticorax nycticorax, was spotted overlooking the water at Shanghai Bund Wharf on 31 July 2017.  Wong Kais had the luck to see this bird in Shanghai but not in Singapore. The bird was trying to fish from the edge of the Huangpu River.

Photo 1. Black-crowned night heron spotted at Shanghai Bund Wharf on 31 July 2017. It was not flustered by people visiting the area. The white nuchal plumes have been blown by the strong wind towards the left.
Photo 2. The black-crowned night heron staring intently into the water.
Photo 3. The white nuchal plume stands out in stark contrast against its dark grey back feathers.

 

Video of the black-crowned night heron fishing at the Shanghai Bund.

 

All photos and video © Wong Kais.

Article by Teo Lee Wei

References:

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-crowned_night_heron

2. Handbook of the Birds of the World © 1996 vol. 1

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