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Photos and videos of wild birds found in the Philippines. We travel all over the Philippines to document and take pictures of birds. Our goal is to make this site a resource of information and images about wild birds of the Philippines.

  1. Birds of the Philippines
  2. Bitterns, Egrets and Herons

Javan Pond Heron

JAVAN POND HERON
Ardeola speciosa
Ardeidae Family

L 450 mm (17 1/2")
resident, uncommon

Bird # 275 - December, 2010

There are two species of pond-heron that occur in the Philippines, Javan Pond-heron and Chinese Pond-heron. The more commonly occurring one is Javan Pond-heron. Chinese Pond-heron is considered a vagrant. The two species look very similar when immature or in non-breeding plumage and cannot be told apart with certainty. 
We saw our first Javan Pond-heron in Candaba. It flew slowly fly out of the shrubbery. On our next visit we saw five of them.
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JAVAN POND HERON

JAVAN POND HERON Ardeola speciosa General Santos, South Cotobato

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Tanjay, Negros Oriental, Philippines
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Tanjay, Negros Oriental, Philippines

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Candaba, Pampanga
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Tibsoc, San Enrique, Negros Occidental
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Tanjay, Negros Oriental, Philippines
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