ML611514600
Contributor
Joseph Morlan Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Ewang Suli (lake)
Maluku, Maluku, Indonesia
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
An adult in non-breeding plumage. Breeding birds have a black bill. A recent taxonomic revision splits the former Intermediate Egret (Ardea intermedia) into three species. 1. Yellow-billed Egret (Ardea brachyrhyncha) of Africa. 2. Medium Egret (Ardea intermedia) in South, Southeast, and East Asia -- This bird. 3. Plumed Egret (Ardea plumifera) of Australasia. Having seen all three, my life list gets what are known as "armchair ticks" where you add new species without actually having to go birding. They are truly intermediate in that they are larger than Cattle Egret but smaller than Great Egret. Note the mandibular feathering forming a "jowl." Formerly included in the genus "Egretta."
Technical information
- Model
- Canon PowerShot SX70 HS
- ISO
- 200
- Focal length
- 247 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/6.5
- Shutter speed
- 1/400 sec
- Dimensions
- 1024 pixels x 1016 pixels
- Original file size
- 439.75 KB