[BirdPhotoIndia] Intermediate Egret, Chick

Common Name: Intermediate Egret
 
Species Name: Mesophoyx intermedia
 
Location: Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh; in my hospital campus
 
Date taken: 18.09.2010
 
Equipment: Nikon D90 + Nikkor 70-3oo AF VR Zoom Lens

 

Special Remarks: The Intermediate Egret chick at 40 days is well feathered, but shows a crest of filoplumes protruding through the head contour feathers. The bill colour varies from all yellow, to black-tipped yellow to variegated black-and-yellow, and occasionally all-black.

 

Ref: 1) Herons, Volume 14; By James Anthony Kushlan, James Hancock
       2) Herons, egrets and bitterns: their biology and conservation in Australia;  By Neil McKilligan

Courtesy- Google Books Search

Regards,
Dr. Shrutidev Mishra,
Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh.

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