Chinese Pond-Heron

The Chinese Pond Heron is typically 47 cm long with white wings, a yellow bill with a black tip, yellow eyes and legs. Its overall colour is red, blue and white during breeding season, and greyish-brown and flecked with white at other times.

The Chinese Pond-Heron is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The problem is, Chinese Pond-herons are rare in the Philippines. There has been three records so far of this bird in the Philippines (1905, 1908 and 1948) plus Romy Ocon's photos from Candaba, Pampanga taken in 2004 and Don Roberson's trip report, also in Candaba, Pampanga but certainly none on Panay Island where I saw this. More

The Chinese Pond-Heron (Ardeola bacchus) in the Birds. More